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Sascha Pare

Rainbow Mountains: China's psychedelic landscape created when 2 tectonic plates collided

View of China's Rainbow Mountains with differently colored bands of sandstone.
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Name: Rainbow mountains

Location: Zhangye Danxia National Geopark, Gansu, China

Coordinates: 38.96080921027964, 100.07034421783024

Why it's incredible: The mountains' folded rocks form stunning rainbow patterns.

As the name suggests, China's Rainbow Mountains are multicolored formations in the northwest of the country. The landscape in this region is otherworldly, with vibrant bands that look like they were spray-painted onto the rocks.

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