"Paradise on Earth," Jiouzhaigou of Sichuan, China.
(Pictures from a trip in 2005 when like most people back then, I
was carrying a bulky but much better Nikon camera than just a
cellphone these days...)
A nest of colorful ponds:
Sky, mountains, trees, and ponds:
The Sleeping Beauty (can you tell where she is?):
Spiritual Tranquility:
Creatures in paradise:
A cycle of life and death:
A mirror for the mountain:
The Peacock Pond:
The Pearl Shoal.
What the shoal eventually becomes:
Waterfalls:
The Mirror Lake... Since there was wind when this photo was taken, you have to imagine what it is like without...:
A beam of light from the sky:
The legendary Grandpa Tree:
Water blue:
Water white:
The Tiger Lake:
Wild flowers:
Trees in water:
More trees in water:
We came up from this road (4000 meters above sea level)...
to see a curtain of limestone:
and "the Lake of Gods":
Impressionists would love this place:
More of "the Lake of Gods" - this is what water actually looks like when it is not polluted:
Hence, more clear water...:
Yi Ma
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