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Expert needed[edit]

The phenomenon of different-coloured sands spontaneously separating into layers is usually reported by web sources as being "unexplained" or "partially unexplained" from a geological point of view. As all the web sources I found are tourist-oriented web sites, I admit they are unreliable (both because they are not scientific sources and because tourist ads might actually more or less deliberately use the "this is a mistery" argument to capture the reader's interest, whether that is or is not really a mistery). In fact, I am dubious about the fact that this might really be unexplained while seemingly no scientific source on the subject can be found on the web; to me, this lack of scientific sources sounds more like "everything about these colors is obvious to a geologist to start with" than "an explained mystery no one cares to solve". Note that as a minor point, I think the claim that the "dunes never erode" is worth considering by an expert and/or on the base of reliable refs. Moongateclimber (talk) 13:27, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I switched to a non problematic (and slightly better - more realistic colors) version. Moongateclimber (talk) 07:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

China[edit]

Similar (?) formation in China (see #5)but can find no info in wiki. [chinahighlights.com/travelguide/article/spectacular-landforms.htm] AMCKen (talk) 04:09, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@AMCKen: is it the Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park ? --Holapaco77 (talk) 09:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Part of Black River Gorges National Park?[edit]

Are the Seven Coloured Earths part of the Black River Gorges National Park? According to openstreetmap they are in(here), according to WDPA and googlemaps they are out (here and here). --Holapaco77 (talk) 09:09, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is a private site, very close to the Black River Gorges National Park, but not part of it. --Esculapio (talk) 16:38, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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