Stone Forest

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 27 November 2006 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is a photograph of a tint area of the immense natural karst formation called the Stone Forest at Shilin, China.

It is said there are three great forests in Yunnan Province. The rainforest of Xishangbanna in the south, the Stone Forest of Shilin near Kunming the capital and the little known Earth Forest of Yuan Mou. Hook or by crook I have managed visit all three areas.

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Comments (16)

Prashanth Manikyarajaiah from Bengalooru, India

nice formation. how tall are they ??

27 Nov 2006 1:39am

@Prashanth Manikyarajaiah: According to the literature, the tallest pillars are more than 50 metres high. The area is vast and covers more than 350 square kilometres. The tree (autumn colours on the right) is quite a large tree. I took this photo from a tower that allows you to see across the pillars.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

This is indeed an interesting image.

27 Nov 2006 2:35am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

wonderful landscape.

27 Nov 2006 3:57am

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Wow, it looks like the upper-half of the formation has been cut off from the rest. Nice composition

27 Nov 2006 4:12am

Claireg from Dendermonde, Belgium

oh nice one. I missed out on this ... reason to go back i guess!

27 Nov 2006 5:03am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Wow! Stunning formation.

27 Nov 2006 5:25am

Steve from Hiroshima, Japan

Very interesting formation. Nice !

27 Nov 2006 6:29am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Amazing. Something to give more of a sense of scale would be nice.

27 Nov 2006 10:12am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

How bizaare! Great shot. thanks.
Loved your previous post too.

27 Nov 2006 10:43am

Martine Lapointe from Quebec, Canada

Beautiful landscape. The textures of the rocks are always interressant.

27 Nov 2006 12:33pm

Still from VALENCE, France

What a strange and stark landscape!

27 Nov 2006 3:21pm

mara from madrid, Spain

wow!! I love it!

27 Nov 2006 3:50pm

Matt Trujillo Photography from Portland, United States

What a strange and wonderful place. Thanks for allowing me to travel the world vicariously through your eyes.

27 Nov 2006 5:29pm

Daniel from United States

Interesting part of the earth.

27 Nov 2006 8:44pm

Rodion Kovenkin from Mogilev, Belarus

Very very interesting! Wish be there to take some shots!

28 Nov 2006 3:35am

Dolphin from Italy

Stunning!

28 Dec 2006 7:48am

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