The Incredible Terraced Chalk Ponds of Pamukkale


	The Incredible Terraced Chalk Ponds of Pamukkale

chestnut501

8-13-2009 9:43 PM

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8-13-2009 11:51 PM

davboz

Awesome views. Thanx for the pix.

8-14-2009 2:39 AM

swampfoxz

I'm up for it .

8-14-2009 2:48 AM

murieleileen

Oooo. I'd love to go there.

9-17-2009 12:15 AM

mcsmithblack

Bet Turkey is pretty nice this time of year....

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/08ee7088-9385-49b8-8897-d41cb3d7f51d/229A3D7F-12B9-41D4-9839-D4A2485F3458/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399" href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399" style="font-size: 11px;">www.environmentalgraffiti.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/A54CC46F-C469-4F52-BEED-5C86BD285A63" alt="Bathing at Pamukkalei" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><P>What looks like a winter wonderland is actually a summer landscape with hot springs, crusted with calcium <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">deposits</SPAN></FONT></A>. 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.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><P>What exactly happens at Pamukkale? The calcium-laden <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">water</SPAN></FONT></A> from natural hot springs cascades over a cliff and forms the incredible white terraces that look like they’re decorated with stalactites. They are travertines, actually, calcium deposits frozen in stone as the <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">water</SPAN></FONT></A> cools in the open and the calcium separates and attaches to the soil.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/C847DB54-9078-42B4-9294-85CA73DB1EA0" alt="Terraces" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399">The hot springs are said to be more than 2,000 years old and the Romans first built the spa city at Hierapolis, capitalising on the natural beauty and the hot springs’ health benefits.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/0A22105F-8CDE-4172-8F0A-612B34C62269" alt="Pamukkale" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/BB356267-E4EF-41F6-ACA0-19072B92365F" alt="The hot springs at Pamukkale" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/7532DAFF-8BB3-4B6F-AFBC-32AFF6760B2B" alt="Sunset over Pamukkale" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/229A3D7F-12B9-41D4-9839-D4A2485F3458/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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