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Surreal Landscapes

Do you remember the surreal landscape I showed last November following our trip to Cappadocia in central Turkey?
Would we discover another one this year?
We did 
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In Pamukkale
Could it be possible that we had snow and ice in Turkey even though the skies were blue and the temperature was hot? 
Travertine terraces of crystalline pools
Pamukkale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated near the foothills of the Taurus Mountains. Deep underground beneath what was once the ancient Roman City of Hierapolis lies a vast source of water heated by volcanic lava. 
Gleaming white petrified waterfalls, and a series of travertine terraced basins straddle the plateau, and run down the hillsides of Pamukkale.  Created over more than two millennia the hot mineral cascades transform calcium carbonate into travertine.
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People have bathed in these warm pools of water for thousands of years - a perfect spot to slip off your shoes and enjoy splashing around in the mineral rich waters at anytime of day or night   
Pamukkale resembles winter all year round, but the skies are blue and the temperatures high

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