Places I will definitely visit!

Pamukkale - Denizli, Turki

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley.

Pamukkale is a tourist attraction. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site together with Hierapolis. Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a World Heritage Site in 1988.

The underground volcanic activity which causes the hot springs also forced carbon dioxide into a cave, which was called the Plutonium meaning place of the god, Pluto. This cave was used for religious purposes by priests of Cybele, who found ways to appear immune to the suffocating gas.

Tadpoles can be found in the pools too!

Marble Cathedral, Rio Tranquilo- Chile.

Chiselled and carved, marble caves highlight the artistic nature of the divine creation is unrivaled.

'It is a unique form of water forming on the marble wall, "said Waidehofer in his book about the caverns, Blue Light. 

Visitors to the cavern carved into this water can see the reflection of the blue water reflected off the second largest freshwater lake in South America, General Carrera in Patagonia, Chile.

You'll have a long journey to reach it, but it is always WORTH THE RISK!

This spectacular Marble Cathedral, an intricate system of water-filled caverns, is set in the General Carrera lake in Chile's Patagonia - the second largest freshwater lake in South America.

But to reach this remote place, located in the far southern tip of the country, visitors must fly from the capital Santiago, 800 miles to the next nearest large city, Coyhaique, and then drive on challenging dirt roads 200 miles south to the lake.

'Originally great ice-fields blocked the western end of the lake - today its glacier-fed waters drain into the Pacific Ocean.

'Geologists have a simple explanation for the breath-taking blue of this giant lake.

'They talk of finely ground glacial silt which makes the water an unearthly blue and crystal clear.

'These waters are magic.'

Photography students have travelled from all over the world to learn from Ms Waidehofer about light in what could be the world's most astonishing classroom.

'Since 2003 I have taken many photography students into the caverns and it is always the highlight of their South American voyage,' Ms Waidehofer said.

'The experience is always different because both the light and the water level of the lake are continually changing.

'The experience is always different because both the light and the water level of the lake are continually changing'

 Linde Waidehofer, photographer

'The water itself can vary from turquoise to deep blue depending on the weather and the time of year.

'In early spring the water of the lake is at its lowest point because the surrounding glaciers have not yet started to melt.

'So the light will be reflected in a totally different way than later in the year after the melting glaciers have raised the water level over a metre.

'This changes what the visitor will see from the small boats needed to access these mysterious formations.'

Think You've Seen It All? Watch this...

Cano Cristales River in - Serrania De La Mazarena,Colombia, South America

 Cano Cristales or Crystal River of five colors, as it is called by the locals is located in Serrania de La Macarena, Colombia. 

Crystal River of five colors, starts at the southern mountain chain Macarena, and flows eastward to its confluence with the river Guayabero. We can see five colors : yellow, blue, green, black and red. 

All of them are a waste product of many algae, and depending on the season, color saturation changes.

The water is so clean that the bottom can be seen, but the fish doesn’t live here because of the unique characteristics of the channel.

When the colors occur in the hot season, the river is opened for tourists, from June to November.

Recent studies done by local naturalists, showed that the water in the river is so clean, that is practically distilled.

In the river there is no salt and minerals, so it is not drinkable.

Just Look at the Beauties...

Thinkin' about swimming here? 

This is just AMAZING for our eyes to see... 

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