This is just beyond words.
A stone pillar rising up from the calm waters of a lake at Zhangzhejia, China.
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This is just beyond words.
A stone pillar rising up from the calm waters of a lake at Zhangzhejia, China.
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Nature’s own totem pole!
Your comment is so appropriate that I have changed my post title to reflect that. Thank you 🙂
So glad it inspired you, Michael!
Grateful for the inspiration you gave!
Hard to believe some natural wonders are actually real, but some of the most beautiful things in life come from nature. Thanks for the great share!
Great to hear from you. I find the same – some of life’s most beautiful things come from nature!
Beautiful and magical! : )
Thank you 🙂
That is simply amazing.
Leslie
Thanks Leslie for your continued perusal and support!
Maybe for you, Michael – not for me. [grin] But even I don’t offer too many – just want to say that this remaining core from a billion-year-old and now disappeared volcano (?!) is simply beautiful. OK: now tell me how it really did come into being …
This one is from natural erosion – all other (hundreds of them) pillars nearby are on ground.
Thanks – I knew you’d know. 🙂
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Beautiful photo as always Michael. It seems like such a contradiction to find a tall and narrow pillar in the middle of nowhere.
Great to hear from you again! Your comments are always so insightful and to the point!
This seems out of this world…an amazing photo!
There is quite a bit of contrast in the photo – glad that you like it!
As soon as I saw this photo I thought, I saw this exact pillar on my trip to Zhangjiajie! And indeed I found photos of it in my albums. I think what the guide told us was that it looked like a smiling lady with very extravagant accessories on her head 😛
I am sure that you enjoyed your trip to Zhangzhejia!
that was stunning!
Thank you 🙂
That looks amazing – but at the same time man made don’t you think? It looks like they’ve been quarrying the rock there and then when there was no more to be had, left that bit. I’ve seen similar things in the PH, all made by quarrying activities.
Hi, there are hundreds of these pillars nearby – they are all from natural erosion – but this one is in water!
Many quarries do end up as “lakes” because of all the mining actually.
I need research on this – but this is in a scenic area.
Beautiful Michael 🙂
Thank you, Irene!
Amazing …. rightly so no need for words.
Thanks for the comment. Regards, Michael
Always a pleasure. *smile
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Great photo! Hoping to see more of it 🙂
I have a lot of images of clusters of tall stone pillars, but over land and not water!
http://speakingabouttravel2.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/weekly-photo-challenge-culture-2-my-yunnan-trip-9-what-is-the-totem-pole-in-yunnan/
Your post reminded me of my earlier post about totem pole in Yunnan. It is really amazing that toten poles exist in different parts of the world, not only in Americas. I bought a few books on totem pole but none said anything about totem poles in China. Your picture is even more intereesting. I had been to Zhanzhejia but did not see this wonder. Did you gather any information about this natural wonder? It looks like it is wood instead of stone. Let me see if curious mind will find out more about this phenomenon.
Correction: now i remember…I did see groups of pillar like formations which are very beautiful. but the place was too crowded.
We were fortunate, it wasn’t too crowded.
Hi Denise, this is an area of karst scenery where there are lots of stone pillars – this one is a bit peculiar, it looks quite rectangular and stands in the water. I haven’t made any research into it as yet. Regards, Michael
I love this image, I shared it on Twitter. Have a beautiful day.
Thanks for liking this and sharing it with others!
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Wow! It makes you wonder how it was able to survive! 🙂
I think this pillar must be more resistant to erosion and therefore have stood up till now. Regards, Michael
Wow! Beyond words, indeed. 🙂
Many thanks for the perusal and nice words!
What an amazing place and a gorgeous photo!
Thank you, Tiny!
Gorgeous! No words needed.
Thank you 🙂