Photographer's Note
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in south-western Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.
The ancient city of Hierapolis was built on top of the white "castle" which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high. It can be seen from the hills on the opposite side of the valley in the town of Denizli, 20 km away.
Tourism is and has been a major industry. People have bathed in its pools for thousands of years. As recently as the mid 20th century, hotels were built over the ruins of Heropolis, causing considerable damage. An approach road was built from the valley over the terraces, and motor bikes were allowed to go up and down the slopes. When the area was declared a world heritage site, the hotels were demolished and the road removed and replaced with artificial pools. Wearing shoes in the water is prohibited to protect the deposits.
(source:wikipedia.com)
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Suppiluliuma
(3931) 2012-09-14 6:56
Beautiful light beams, nice colors, and a different pespective for Hierapolis.
Selamlar,
Erdem
No_One
(4) 2012-09-14 7:40
hi Emre
The light beams are indeed spectacular, and your very informative note leads a wonderful feeling of history to the whole image. Nice to know they demolished the hotels to bring this place to its ancient glory.
Best wishes
Noel
kabel
(1930) 2012-09-14 8:17
Hello, nice capture of the sunbeams at sunset. Good POV to capture that from behind the ancient ruins. Wonderful light management so we still see detail in the pillars.TFS,
Karen
ymrk
(15099) 2012-09-16 1:50
Tebrikler Emre...Çok şık bir fotoğraf çıkarmışsın...Güneşteki patlama keşke olmasaymış...
Photo Information
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Copyright: Emre Cakir (slayer35)
(267)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-08-18
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: nikon d300, Tokina 11-16 2.8
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2012-09-14 6:33