China s colorful terraced pools Jan 10, 2021

China s colorful terraced pools

While the sight of these gorgeous pools may make you want to don a swimsuit and plunge in for a refreshing soak, we don"t recommend it. The water may be fed by underground geothermal springs, but these are no hot springs—the water"s only about 41 F. We"ll take it all in from dry land. The terraced, travertine pools cascade downward for nearly 2 miles. Formed over thousands of years, calcite deposits give the water its unique, and welcoming, turquoise coloration.

© primeimages/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 10, 2018Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
Jan 10, 2019‘You should see the one that got away!’
Jan 10, 2020League of Nations, 100 years later
Jan 10, 2022Ski touring in Austria
Jan 10, 2023Lake Peipus, Estonia
Jan 10, 2024Take the Stairs Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 27, 2024World Theater Day
Apr 12, 2023Earth seen from the International Space Station
Apr 1, 2023Frog Month
Jun 11, 2022Misool Island, Indonesia
Mar 13, 2020Jerte Valley in bloom
Jul 2, 2024The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
May 9, 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
Dec 4, 2018A viewer with a view
Jul 5, 2018Does it swim in slow motion too?
Jan 30, 2019Embracing the cold
Nov 9, 2018Let’s go foraging
Jun 29, 2020Goats don t grow on trees
Apr 21, 2022First day of summer
Nov 21, 20222022 FIFA World Cup
Jan 30, 2024Aýna, Albacete, Spain
Nov 30, 2020A water loch-ed castle
Jul 8, 2022Preveli Gorge
Aug 30, 2018Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
Feb 16, 2021Mardi Gras flower power
Nov 12, 2022Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
Oct 23, 2024Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
Jul 9, 2021A center of antiquity on the Mediterranean
Nov 6, 2024Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Sep 11, 2018Inside the Oculus
Feb 24, 2019A long path to freedom
May 13, 2018Happy Mother’s Day
May 31, 2022World Parrot Day
May 25, 2022The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
Sep 12, 2022Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
Oct 14, 2022Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain