Hot air ballons over Love Valley near Goreme and Nevsehir in the center of Cappadocia, Turkey. This shot taken shortly after sunrise from a balloon.
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3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Hot air ballons over Love Valley near Goreme and Nevsehir in the center of Cappadocia, Turkey (region of Anatolia). This shot taken shortly after sunrise.<br><br>Three million years ago the nearby volcano Erciyes spit out ashes to form a layer of tuff. In some places these are covered by a layer of basalt lava. Then the more durable basalt cracked and split under attack from the weather. Rainwater washed out the cracks and eroded the tuff. In a lot of areas this resulted in these cone formed rocks with a hard basalt top. The Turks call them Fairy Chimneys. Goreme National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.