What Made These Rainbow Mountains?
Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. China's Zhangye Danxia National Geopark is home to strikingly beautiful rainbow mountains -- yes, what you're seeing is real! But the secret to this amazing sight might be something incredibly humble: dirt. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! / scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: David Johnston, Martin Osorio, Cye Stoner, Kaitlyn O'Callaghan, Jp Lynch, kickinwasabi, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, Blood Doctor Kelly, Wesus, J.V. Rosenbalm, Marc Bendig, Alan Wong, Toyas Dhake, Spilmann Reed, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, DrakoEsper , Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: / scishow Twitter: / scishow Instagram: / thescishow Facebook: / scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/...

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