ZhangyeDanxia Landform, China

　　ZhangyeDanxia Landform, China

　　张掖丹霞地貌，中国

　　What looks like something created with coloured sand in primary school is in fact a colourful sandstone formation in the hills near Zhangye City.

　　乍一看这好像是小学生用彩沙建造的东西，但实际上它们是张掖附近山上的岩石结构。

　　Walkways have been established throughout the area by the government to accommodate walkers keen to admire what is said to be 24 million years worth of red sandstone and mineral deposits.

　　当地政府已经建立起人行道，以方便游客观赏这些据说已经有2400万年的红砂岩和矿床。

　　Geologists say the same tectonic plates that formed the Himalayas created the layer cake effect and centuries of water erosion complete the design.

　　地质学家认为，形成喜马拉雅山的同一块构造板块形成了这一“千层糕”效应，后经无数年水的侵蚀才形成这一独特景观。