One of the more unique spots I've visited the natural springs and petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua, located about 70 km east of Oaxaca in Mexico.
The larger of the two measures about ninety metres wide and falls eighty metres to the valley floor.
The thing that makes this place so unique is that the falls are formed by relatively small amounts of water, which are oversaturated with calcium carbonate, giving the formations a white or near white appearance and comes to the surface through cracks or fissures on the mountainside. As the water slowly drips down the rock face, it forms large stalactites similar to those found in caves with the effect of what you see here. — @ Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico
One of the more unique spots I've visited the natural springs and petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua, located about 70 km east of Oaxaca in Mexico.
The larger of the two measures about ninety metres wide and falls eighty metres to the valley floor.
The thing that makes this place so unique is that the falls are formed by relatively small amounts of water, which are oversaturated with calcium carbonate, giving the formations a white or near white appearance and comes to the surface through cracks or fissures on the mountainside. As the water slowly drips down the rock face, it forms large stalactites similar to those found in caves with the effect of what you see here. — @ Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico