Friday 27 January 2012

Cappadocia's hoodoos


Cappadocia is a historical region of central Anatolia, Turkey. Cappadocia is characterized by a unique geological formation in the world that were created fantastic shapes over millions of years of erosion, hoodoos. The name derives from the voodoo cult that gives certain natural forms magical powers. The great volcanoes Erciyes and Hasan million years ago covered the area with lava. It's a arid area. They consist of a layer of basalt (basalt derived from volcanic eruptions) resistant layer covering a softer ignimbrites. The columns also appear in areas that were in the moraines of ancient glaciers. There isn't vegetation and was occasional heavy rain. Water and wind erosion the rock. Gravity and sun participe in this erosion procces. 
When we are going to travel to Turkey, we are goint to visit Cappadocia.

1 comment:

RMM said...

You are very lucky. The landscape is really nice.

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