Perched in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, Zhangye Danxia National Geopark occupies a high, windswept shelf ...

Nestled in the heart of China's Gansu Province, Zhangye Danxia Geopark, popularly known as the "Rainbow Mountains," beckons adventurers and nature enthusiasts to a mesmerizing landscape like no other.

The Rainbow Mountains of China within the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park are a geological wonder of the world. These famous Chinese mountains are known for their otherworldly colors that ...

MelindaChan / Getty Images. The Zhangye National Geopark in Gansu, China is home to a series of vibrant mountain ridges of many colors. The bands of red, blue, and orange striping the hillsides ...

The Danxia Rainbow Mountains, located within the National Geopark of Zhangye in China. (Image credit: Kattiya.L/Shutterstock) For instance, banded iron formations appear in Carajas, ...

These painted mountains exist in a few places on earth, such as the Zhangye National Geopark in China, the Hornocal mountain range in Argentina, and the Ausangate mountains in Peru. In China, these ...

In China, which I visited in April, the "Rainbow Mountains" were a perfect example. The Zhangye Geological Park is home to a Danxia landform, a unique geological formation of layered colored sand ...

The bare rocky ridges of China’s Rainbow Mountains look improbable. Credit: iStock These bare rocky ridges, protected in Zhangye Danxia National Geopark in Gansu Province, look truly improbable ...

YES, this is a real place. Yes, it’s on this planet. The vibrant colours of the mountains dotting China’s Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province lend the peaks their ...

Landscape of the Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park,Gansu province, July 27, 2020.Zhangye Danxia is a wonder of the great nature and what distinguishes it from other Chinese Danxia sites is ...

Landscape of the Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park,Gansu province, July 27, 2020.Zhangye Danxia is a wonder of the great nature and what distinguishes it from other Chinese Danxia sites is ...