Wednesday

Band-e Amir (Persian: بند امیر‎)


This is an area of great beauty with six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of naturally occurring travertine.
The lakes are situated in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan. They are near the famous giant Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Band-e Amir is on the UNESCO World heritage list because of the rare nature of these lakes and is Afghanistan's first national park.


The lakes were made when carbon dioxide rich water leaked out from fractures to deposit the travertine walls that today store the water of these lakes.
 
 
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8 comments:

Launna said...

How incredibly beautiful, these pictures are beyond amazing, wow:)

Unknown said...

An amazing part of the world, and the images are stunning, the colour of the water is unreal.

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Little Nan said...

Your images are stunning! Very vibrant blue!

Stasha said...

Stunning. Interesting story behind how the lakes came about.

Maboe said...

Beautiful! I like your blogg.

GalleryJuana said...

This place looks serene and magical
Nature has so many forms beauty.

Thank you for your comment on my post.
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Evette Mendisabal said...

Wow! What an amazing place! Your photo's are gorgeous.

jmommymom said...

Wow! What a stark contrast to pictures we normally see from this area of the world. It's nice to see the beauty.

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