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Fairy Chimneys
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Fairy Chimneys
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Fairy chimneys are part of the surreal Kapadokyan landscape. The following I took from Wikipedia.org:
"The geology of areas where Fairy Chimneys form typically comprises a thick layer of tuff (consolidated volcanic ash), covered by a thin layer of basalt. Over time, cracks in the basalt allow the much softer tuff to be eroded and washed away. Fairy Chimneys are formed where a small cap or boulder of the original basalt remains, and protects a cone of tuff beneath it from erosion. Eventually, the tuff will be undercut to the extent that the cap falls off, and the remaining cone is then quickly eroded."
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Location:
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Kapadokya - Üçhisar
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5 out of 1 votes
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Uploaded by:
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Elisa on Sunday January 22nd, 2006 02:37 PM
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