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The Incredible Terraced Chalk Ponds of Pamukkale

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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The Incredible Terraced Chalk Ponds of Pamukkale

What looks like a winter wonderland is actually a summer landscape with hot springs, crusted with calcium deposits. Pamukkale, in south western Turkey, is a natural mineral-bath spa first built by the Romans around a sacred hot spring and still open to the public as the Sacred Pool today. Let’s find out more about this natural phenomenon and see some stunning pictures.

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