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nameless's avatar

Good one, Terry. It made me look up the formation of karst mountains: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/how-were-guilins-magical-mountains-formed/

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Alison Underhilll's avatar

Once again, terrific, Terry.

And I, too, Love Crouching Tiger..the scenery incredible!

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thank you.

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Carol Vassar's avatar

China has such magnificent and varied landscape. I would love to see it in person. For now? Maybe I will watch Crouching Tiger , Sleeping Dragon again, just for the landscape. Perhaps you have other movies to recommend?

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

That was my favorite. I loved the bamboo.

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Jennifer's avatar

Such a wonderful virtual tour .

This reminds me of my first sight (virtually) of the Dolomites in Italy - so Disney-esque.

Thanks, Terry!

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

And thank you for taking the time to comment.

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Susan Forste's avatar

I felt the same way when I landed in Guilin. I marveled that the landscape was real!

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Janet Van Fleet's avatar

Very cool. I love that both images have so much in common, in addition to the mountains -- the fluffy trees, the water running along the bottom, and even the tiny people in your image.

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks for noticing. Some "opposables" work better than others, and some surprise me along the way.

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Ann Stanton's avatar

As one who loves mountains, I found these two just wonderful. And a welcome testament to the mountains' reality.

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks. Live in Vermont, better love mountains.

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Susana's avatar

Hard to believe those mountains exist. And your photo looks more like a painting than the painting!

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

The upside of a funky photo.

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Amy Letter's avatar

At first I thought the photo was the painting and the painting was the photo -- then I thought they were both paintings...! it really took a while for my brain to accept that the image on the right was photography!! :)

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

I think the poor technical quality of the photo helped that illusion.

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