Jiuzhaigou / Huanglong, Oct 2010
Jiuzhaigou National Park (九寨沟); means "Valley of Nine Villages". It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colourful lakes and is home to nine Tibetan villages. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 and the park joined the Man and Biosphere Conservation Network in 1997.
Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) is a scenic and historic interest area known for its spectacular travertine, karst formations and rimstone pools formed by calcite deposits. It was also declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992.
Pearl Shoal 5 - Pearl Shoals is famous for its multi level and countless majestic waterfalls. This image evoke my memory of that unforgettable experience of the powerful roaring water.
Pearl Shoals 6
Arrow Bamboo waterfall
Pearl Shoals
Arrow waterfall
Pearl Shoals 3 - I've never in my life taken so many waterfalls.
Norilang Waterfall (ranked one of the top six most beautiful waterfalls in China) - As the season change, the lakes take on a new appearance. At 320 metres in width and 25 metres in height, the spectacular Nuorilang Falls is the major travertine and widest waterfall in China.
Panda Lake - Panda Lake (Xiongmao Hai) is a beautiful lake in various shades of blue and green at 2,587m altitude. Panda Lake is said to be a watering hole for giant pandas in the eighties before bamboo shoots die off.
Arrow Bamboo Lake
Five-Coloured Lake - Calcium and magnesium levels are extremely high in the water that only very special breed of fish survive in isolated pockets of water. These mineral deposits, combined with the green-yellow algae on the off-white travertine of the bedrock, give the pool a great swathe of aqua marine pastels.
Arrow Bamboo Lake
The lakes sometimes turns to goose-feather yellow, sometimes it turns to ink-green, but most of the time it is clear diamond-blue. The multi-coloured lake bottom is often criss-crossed by ancient fallen tree trunks.
Five Flower Lake
Panda Lake - The crystal clear turquoise colour water.
Panda Lake - The crystal clear turquoise colour water.
Panda Lake - Crystal clear water
Panda Lake - Crystal clear water
An underwater test shows that Five Flower Lake is so clear that one can see as far as 40 meters when under its surface.
The colour of Autumn - The sky of Huanglong has offered us a brilliant blue almost throughout the day. The autumn season were best described by the iridescent colours which I have spent 15 mins. under this tree scouting for the right angle.
The natural beauty of the site lies in the over 100 strange-coloured lakes and some of them are crystal clear. They are the result of karst erosion and deposits or a wealth of beautiful strange looking algae.
Mirror Lake
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