Colorful Canyons

another common collection, another thread by chance, here in OP my first spot: 

Yangykala, Turkmenistan:

As Turkmenistan subfolder in my mounds collection gets bigger, the more often I seem to bump into other sites of interest.
Here an example just as a pair of my quite recent post: Colorful Rocks of Shekelmes Bay, Kazakhstan.

Not that misterious, but enable GE Photo layer and check many great Panoramio shots (until available) of this natural wonder too:


Panoramio photo: "natural beauty" by vegezio


Yangykala Canyon.kmz (759 B)
40°27'27.15"N, 54°42'38.92"E

check out artists palette at death valley!

web images for artists pallete death valley

not only the colors, but the texture and shapes that made me to post that Turkmene canyon.

thanks for other nice example of colorful rock formations! ...
..as this next one from china:

Panoramio shot: "昌吉努尔加“鸟人15”峡谷" by uni-corn

check more cool pano-shots around >>43°48'2.84"N, 87° 2'55.28"E<<

in most cases one quite can be sure, only based on aeriel view:






colorful canyon China.kmz (959 B)

Painted Hills Oregon.kmz (1.09 KB)My contribution to this colorful geology thread: the Painted Hills of Oregon. 


Photo

I've seen this beautiful place myself and many photos have too much added saturation. This one has realistic late-afternoon color. The area was an ancient river floodplain and is a portion of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument north of the tiny town of Mitchell, Oregon. The Painted Hills were in the zone of totality for the 2017 solar eclipse, so it was crowded with campers from all around the country and even some from Europe, who no doubt had the full Wild West experience.  

Feb 1, 2018 6:13:12 GMT diane9247 said:

...My contribution to this colorful geology thread: the Painted Hills of Oregon...

hi and thank you joining this "thread by chance" with this nice example from Oregon!

can it be I have already heard about that in a previous contrib. by you? perhaps in one of our 'forgotten' photo threads? -in the 'seasons of GEC' or 'members photography' threads?

probably that I have dug up links will make me do some 'bump' replies!(:

best!

g

No, it has never occurred to me to post about it before! 

amongst its singing dunes and its archaeological features Altyn-Emel National Park in Kazakhstan also can be proud of the colors of Ak-Tau (Aktau, Aktay) mountain.


Photo by: Taimas Nurtaev

"...The park was organized on April 10, 1996. The purpose of the park is to preserve the unique natural complex, archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, rare and endangered plants and animal species, the development of ecotourism.
The total protected area of ​​the park is 520.2 thousand hectares. The most interesting attractions of the park: “The Singing Dune” (1.5 km long sand dune), clay mountains of Aktau and volcanic mountains of Katutau..:"
source: aboutkazakhstan.com

"...prominent feature of the area are the Aktay mountains. The Aktay mountains are also referred to as the "lunar mountains" on account of their particular colors..."
source: wikipedia

Ak-Tau Mountains.kmz (836 B)
(some 60 dead Panoramio shots around placemark..., though worth to check GE (PC) Photo- and Gallery/Wikiloc layers and take a zoomed-out lookaround for further credit.)

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off topic:

also I attach here placemark for The Singing Dunes:
The Singing Dunes.kmz (831 B)

"Kyzyl Chin (Kyzyl-Chan, Kyzyl-Shin) river, natural boundary; dr.tursk. kysyl – gorge, gorge; alt. chin / shyn – a deep ditch between two steep mountains. Kyzyl Chin – a deep ditch in a gorge, a gorge.


And yet, it is not known since when it was customary to call this place – Mars. Landscapes here are strikingly different from others. The outlets of colored clay paint the slopes in the most unexpected colors. From purple, through all shades of red and green to almost white. With the expressed desire and skill, one can try to find beautiful crystals of smoky quartz or other minerals. In terms of photography, the best coverage here comes at dawn. There is a reason to get up early.)
...
scene called "Mars 2":

Great images from photo source: interier-foto.ru/kyzyl-chin/
...
The tour is not limited to a trip to Mars. Along the way, several photo-pauses, Scythian and Turkic barrows, Bronze Age balbas and rock carvings are required."

More great images on text source page: camp-altai.ru/en/kyzylchin/
...
Somewhere I have also read that this is the multicolored soil of mercury occurence.

Kyzyl Chin.kmz (1.37 KB)

Red Canyon.kmz (737 B)

Red Canyon 15 km NNW of Eilat in Israel.

Feb 8, 2018 15:03:10 GMT Chriusha said:

...Red Canyon...

well, red is a color and this one is full of red, so can be called colorful. (:

okay, its not only red if you look close enough:

more images and article from source: eilat.city/en/tours/the-red-canyon

thanks for contribution!
g

all this quoted from a travel report by Ivan McLellan (88 days, 87 nights in China / 80th day):

Wucaiwan is a colorful Yadan landform site, very beautiful and proper for photographing.
We will visit it in the morning and then drive to Urumqi.


photo by: by Ivan McLellan

and all these from wikipedia:

The Wucaiwan Formation is a geological formation in Asia. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.

Vertebrate fauna:
Indeterminate ankylosaur, stegosaur and ornithopod remains geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

Dinosaurs reported from the Wucaiwan Formation:
Bellusaurus / "[Seventeen] partial skeletons, juvenile."

Klamelisaurus / "Partial postcranial skeleton."

Monolophosaurus / "Complete skull, postcranium missing limbs."

Wucaiwan formation.kmz (828 B)


45.154891°, 88.993067°

North America's Grand Canyon is known for its changing colors depending on the angle of the sun and clouds.

images

The Coloured Canyon is a narrow slot canyon located near the town of Nuweiba, on Sinai peninsula, Egypt, so named because of its amazing spectrum of colours and banding. The canyon was formed by water erosion millions of years ago when this region was submerged under the ocean. It’s almost 800 meters long and flanked by walls 40 meters high. The sandstone walls are coloured with a range of hues from dark brown to red to straw yellow, which appears so due to the presence of magnesium and iron oxides. The canyon is little more than a meter wide at some parts, and sometimes blocked by fallen boulders that visitors have to climb over in order to proceed. The canyon is easy to reach and its short length makes it perfect for hiking. /by Kaushik/


Photo credit: www.english.book-tour-egypt.com

sources: amusingplanet.com /// wikipedia.org

Check great views by using GE Photo layer!:


Coloured Canyon Egypt.kmz (1.2 KB)

a simple Google-photosearch for 'Danxia landform' to pick one source:


more great images from source: www.geologyin.com/2015/09/rainbow-mountains-in-chinas-danxia.html

check also GE photo layer
Danxia Landform.kmz (868 B)


38.968294°, 100.035820°

more from source: tangol.com

Serrana de Hornocal.kmz (814 B)

also I would need some help to find location where images in this article were taken.

thanks!
g

80 kilometers (50 miles) North of the Wucaiwan formation another great Yadan landform can be found.

Two GE Photo layer examples:




Yadan landform.kmz (764 B)

45.872726°, 89.002886°

and if we consider white as a color, then check the Akkergeshen Plateau



Akkergeshen Plateau.kmz (737 B)


47.289218°, 54.400645°

also check your GE photo layer at the Canyon of Aktolagay, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) to East!

Rainbow Sediment Stratum, Oued Metlili Ghardaia, Algeria:


image source

Placemark at the only relevant GE Photo - check Photo layer after opening kmz file in Google Earth (desktop). (Placemark probably off target.)
Oued Metlili Ghardaia Algeria.kmz (847 B)