The Geologic Oddity in Turkey; Pamukkale Hot Springs
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- Within Turkey is one of the most magnificent geologic features in the region. What you are looking at is a vast natural hot spring which contains a series of stunning white travertine terraces which act like steps in the landscape. Known as Pamukkale, these hot springs are more than 8,000 feet long and 525 feet tall. So, how did these unusual features form? Why do they have steps? This video will answer these two questions, and discuss this geologic wonder.
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I visited this place in 2011. It's huge - the pictures can't do it justice, absolutely worth exploring if you're traveling through the region.
Re New Zealand's pink and white terraces, a recent underwater map of the lakebed that buried them has found traces of them. Pictures of them look very similar to these.
Worth visiting - site includes extensive, well-preserved Roman ruins from the resort town of Hieropolis.
Ruins from the greek city of Hierapolis…
True information about Pamukkale: ua-cam.com/video/pqOubwdLrys/v-deo.html
These hot springs are one of the largest on the planet! I love the contrast of teal and white coloration. What are your thoughts on these fascinating and large travertine deposits?
Seeing how white some things are in the rest of the world has made me notice just how brown the dirt and rocks are in the Tucson area where I live. Lots of other color here but not much bright bleach white.
What a spectacularly beautiful spot!!! Plenty of geology, archeology, and soothing springs to keep one busy on a vacation! I love these places where conditions come together in such a unique way to make one-of-a-kind features. 🍀🌍✌️😽
As other commenters said, these look a lot like Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.
@@MrDan708 Was going to say the same lol.
GeologyHub, please make an episode on the volcano in Rabaul.
I've been hang-gliding over this. There's a Roman ruin right there too. Such a cool experience.
The Turkish word for cotton is Pamuk. These terraces are called Pamukkale in reference to their cotton-white coloration.
Yep, the name literally means "cotton castle."
I'm really enjoying these short but insightful videos. Makes for a refreshing break from the politics of the day. When I hear that a mineral spring has been going for over 1000 years, it lends a calming perspective. That's geology for you!
Your location maps and illustrations really set your videos apart from your peers. Would have liked a comparison to the Yellowstone hot springs (far north), which I have visited, they seem nearly identical.
That's Mammoth Hot Springs and I agree.
How beautiful. If only I could sit alone and quite still in one of those pastel springs, I might pull myself together.
Really do enjoy these videos on geologic wonders I've never heard of and are unlikely to ever see in person. Thank you from an armchair traveler!
Reminds me of the Meteor Falls area of the Hoehn Region in Pokémon.
Makes me wish the pink and white terraces here in aotearoa still existed.
Beautiful!
Very much reminds me of the famous Pink and White Terraces which were destroyed (or possibly buried) in NZ's Tarawera eruption in June 1886.
He literally mentions and shows this in the video...
Wow, I was there as a teenager in the late sixties…beautiful hot water to soak in..and what a vista.Today, my partner and I are using travertine in our house. Great explanation of how travertine is created! Thanks for the memories.
I had no idea I was about to get a chemistry lesson while I was looking at the purty pictures in this video. I love this channel, all the videos are comprehensive on the subject and succinct. Who doesn't have
I’ve never had an interest in geology. You’re videos are informative and very interesting. You have a gift for explaining complicated sciences in an easily digestible way. Keep it up!
Indeed, I could sit thru a lecture with this guy. And not be bored one bit..
Those terraces are so beautiful. Stunning natural spectacle.
Awesome!
So gorgeous; I amazed at all the cool geological formations you find, I had never heard of. Thank you!
This feature reminded me of the White and Pink terraces. They look beautiful and unusual !
This would make the most gorgeous 3 to 8 hour long soothing relaxation video. Those terraces are amazing!!
That was way better explained than Civ VI, thanks!
Beautiful... I love hearing about things like this too...
Fascinating! They're beautiful and interesting features.
Dude your videos are great
Breathtakingly beautiful!
At about 7 I asked my parents when I would get to see the Pink-and-White terraces again. For some reason I've always had memories though I was born in 1982 and my parents do not care for geology so this isn't possible, yet I recall being 10 (est.) and visiting them. It's like a short video in my mind. I don't know if I was a boy or girl but I know I have these old type pants made with course material and am barefoot in kinda muddy area. In any case, I discovered Pamukkale upon realising the Pink-and-white terraces were destroyed (something I found hard to believe for a while though again, I can't explain why.). I am glad you mentioned them and I wish to see Pammukkale at some point in my life.
Thanks for sharing these cool parts of the world with us!
Wow those are very beautiful
There is a place like this in New Mexico. It is called Soda Dam located in Jemez Springs. Looks pretty much the same, although the highway department blew up part of it to make a road.
This is awesome! 👍🤘👍 Great topic and location to cover! Can you cover some caves someday? That would be cool.
I went there in the early 80s, at the time it was a few bucks to swim in the pool at the top. I was swimming around statues that had been toppled into the pool over the years.
Beautiful looking! Had no idea this even existed.
Oh i went to pamukkale although the natural pools were forbidden to enter because of the tourists polluting them but i heard my dad and his friends used to go here to swim a lot
I visited 29 years ago and it was quite magical.
Thank you !!!!
Those stepped features are really cool. A fantastic example here on UA-cam is a video by Exploring Abandoned Mines that shows the Anyox mine. Loads of mineral deposit dams and terraces in the mine.
Unexpected topic all the sudden! Two years ago I went on this spot too, its nice and warm. The place looks and feels slippery but its really not
You should discuss similar structures across the world, there are a few others. Also, a video detailing the geology and destruction of the pink and white terraces in NZ would be quite nice too!
Also, the Kaklik caves are a pretty cool nearby formation, with terraces _in_ a cave!
There is something similar in Yellowstone, but each small pool is a different color. Absolutely amazing.
It's a beautiful place and the ruins are wonderful too. After our visit we drove past it on the road below and it looks just like your washing machine overflowed with suds.
Yea after seeing the Roman Ruins being buried in that thick of a layer of Travertine. I definitely can see that these are young and VERY active springs.
I have been there! I have very fond memories camping out by myself one night amongst the Roman ruins at the top of Pamukkale, in Turkey in 1987. It was such a beautiful night that I didn’t bother putting up a tent, but what a beautiful place. Yes I highly recommend it, although when I went there the film” midnight express”, had really harmed the tourism industry in Turkey your time and so they went to many other people there. Not sure now.
they also divert the path of the water so that all stays white. the roman baths at the tops are really cool.
Not region, say the entire planet! Such a beautiful location!
I visited this place in June 2022. It was absolutely amazing
BTW can you explain in a video how the Cappadicia was formed
Wow so cool!..
This place is AMAZING!! So fascinating, a very complex site. Warning: Only go into the pools if you have very tough feet.
thats so cool
If you could do a short video about the Pobitite rocks near Burgas, Bulgaria. It’s an interesting natural site.
Since you recently did a New Mexico video how about doing one about The Three Sisters which are dormant/inactive volcanoes to the west of Albaquerque?
thanks
I have been there 20 years ago ,just when the authorities forbid to swim in the most of the pools. I stayed in a Thermal Hotel who is taking water from the source. Unluckily in Summertime most of the basins fall dry. Next day we visited the Basilica of Demre/Myra where Saint Nicolas / Santa Claus was Bishop…
P.S.; What people in the region fear is an Earthquake , blocking the source …
Always informative. But have to say the computer voice narrator is really distracting.
A beauty.
You can see the same type of formation in Yellowstone National Park too.👍
If you're doing hot springs, could you do some BC ones? We have quite a few in BC. Where I live, the closest to me is the Liard hot springs. Alternatively, I've been to Mammoth Hot Spring in the northern most edge of Yellowstone.
In the US, you can see gorgeous travertine like this in Yellowstone National Park. No playing in the hot springs though.
Hi can you do a video on the Vredefort dome impact structure and crater?
Mother can be destructive but also very Beautiful like this place!👍
I was there in 1988.. huge sections of the cliff terraces had dried up due to diverting the flow of the water to a newly built resort. Without water these formations deteriorate quickly.😐
the are so beautiful
Our family visited Pamukkale several times in the mid-to-late 1960s when my dad was in the Air Force. I nearly drowned in one of the pools in my enthusiasm to get in the water as soon as we arrived! Strangely, all my life I thought it was pronounced "Pa-MU-ka-lee".
Looks like something out of a movie.
Mammoth Hot springs in the Yellowstone caldera at Yellowstone National Park USA has similar travertine terraces that are stunning but not nearly as vast as these in Turkey.
There's actually a very similar hot spring area in Yellowstone called mammoth hot springs
When i was there about 25 years ago, they didn't look as beautiful as in your vid. Mass tourism was destroying it, very little water, and not as white due to people walking all over it. It was closed off then. I hope it has since then improved!
So if magma is shallow enough to heat groundwater to push to surface, could in theory this place turn into a outlet for lava? Just like a spring opens up the ground around it over time..it would make for a path of least resistance right?
I honestly didn't know about this place until Civilization VI...
its so pretty
Remind me a boren tundra Northend in world of Warcraft
Was there for 3 years ago, a huuuge dissapointment, there is no water in any of the pools anymore, its all dried out, because of all house holds down the mountains..
There’s one in Yellowstone, Mexico, Italy and Iran also.
Please use Imperial measurements too !
Been there in late september 2018 and the water is slowing going away. There's not much water anymore. They will dry up soon. Majority of the travertines are already dried up as the only direction you will meet water is the main access side.
Hot springs in Saturnia Italy are very similar
Minerva terraces come to mind
There is 2 formations like this in China one is called Yellow Dragon Scenic Area but it does not look like there is any volcanic acti9vity nearby.
Pretty sure I've seen this Wonder whilst playing Civ 6...sure would like to see it irl!
No, those are the White Cliffs of Dover. Pamukkale is not in Civ VI
@@kilroy2517 indeed it is friend with the Gathering Storm dlc
@@iamsuzerain3987 Oh, yeah, forgot, I don't have the expansion packs.
@@kilroy2517 they add a lot to the experience and I'm glad that I have them. Personally I think that many of the mechanics, especially those in Rise and Fall, should really be in the base game. I know that it is expensive and time consuming to create modern videogames, and I don't mind spending money to support games that I enjoy. That being said, maybe these developers could give us just a tad more in their base game offerings
@@iamsuzerain3987 Agreed. I also play Battlefield 4, where I bought the game with a small upcharge to "Premium", and then every few months a new DLC was put out at no extra charge. I object to Civ VI's method of charging you $20 - 30 for every new pack they put out. I'm looking at Humankind and the new Age of Empires to replace Civ VI.
I was there in 2004. Many (most?) of the terraces were dry. We were told it was due to a bad earthquake that had happened a few years before. Have the springs restarted since then?
I don't know about this particular hot spring, but all hot springs are temporary. As they deposit the travertine, the plumbing gets plugged and the springs migrate to a different location. Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone is a good example. Only a small part of the travertine has active flowing hot water. In time these locations will quit flowing and new springs/pools will begin to form. This process will continue for as long as there is a source of calcium carbonate (usually limestone), water, and heat from below.
Reminds me of the "Pink and White Terraces of New Zealand." Buried by the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera. Now believed to lie beneath Lake Rotomahana - 20 kilometres south-east of Rotorua, N.Z. Look up the paintings from 1800's, truly a wonder of the world.
It’s more beautiful to the naked eye. Please be king to it.
Is the water in the hot springs safe to drink?
The one in Italy is very unique.
When such natural wonders occurs among the elements and or weather and atmosphere, I always say 'our saviors are showoff'!...😁👍
That makes me think of Wiesbaden. The Hot springs there were used by the Romans then really everyone else before and after. I have a odd question is this the source for travertine tile?
Travertine tile is sawn from hot springs deposits. Often, the hot springs disappeared long ago and only the travertine provides evidence that a hot spring was there once upon a time.
Pamukkale means Cotton Castle…FYI.
unironically yhe best chjanelk
I seen these in Skyrim. Be cool to see them in real life though!
1:44 There's a weed growing on bare calcium carbonate in alkaline water. Nature gets weird.
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷❤
They need to quarry the area for building materials
Letting people visit here should be banned to prevent the inevitable vandalism that will occur. Please protect this.
Hahahahaha when you said the water turns more basic at 1:20 I automatically thought of some young millennial girl saying "your water is so basic"....
Nah !,....
my brain keep flashing out my Chinese culture...
(What you are looking at this right now is at China, is terrace rice paddy fields on the hill)
me trying to focus....
is Hot Spring in Turkey (Too Hot)
Stay focus we are learning new things...
deep breath
İ am in türkey :)
Geologis de la
Peccato sia in Turchia e chi ci andrà mai in mezzo ai maumau
this is also in Montana usa in a smaller scale
Wait, what, there was a Roman empire? I'll be here all week, don't forget to try the buffet and remember to tip your waitress. Goodnight.