The Floating Mountains; A Geologic Oddity

The magnificent pillars shown in this video tower as much as 1,000 feet above the surrounding landscape. They have near vertical cliffs and inspired countless settings in movies and video games. Known as the Zhangjiajie Pillars or Floating Mountains, they are a truly fascinating geologic oddity. These pillars are not typical karst landforms but rather are composed out of quartz rich sandstone. This video will discuss these magnificent pillars and how they formed. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work "Zhang_Thumbnail", is a derivative of a photo (resized, cropped, text & graphics overlay) from ("Karsts - Zhangjiajie National Park 21", by: 129176831@N06, User: ©tefl Search, http://teflsearch.com/creative-commons, 2012, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/1291768..., https://www.flickr.com/photos/1291768..., CC BY 2.0). "Zhang_Thumbnail" is used & licensed under CC BY 2.0 by    / geologyhub  . Note, this image was labelled as creative commons. If this is inaccurate and you own this image, email me at [email protected] and I will change the image. If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at   / geologyhub  . Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and geology related etsy store at http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com. This channel's merch store is also on etsy at http://geologyhub.etsy.com. Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use”. If you see an image or video which is your own in this video, or do not think my discussion of a scientific paper falls under this doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Creative Commons Licenses used for specific content (such as a single image within the video which as a whole does not entirely fall under the same license) or sections of specific content (such as a photo within a table) in this video (not the entire table for this example): CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Sources/Citations: [1] Yaohuang Li, "Ocean erosion: the main cause of Zhangjiajie landform", 2020 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 513 012055 (DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/513/1/012055), CC BY 3.0 The above paper gives a great overview on the landforms of Zhangjiajie, and was the main source of information for this video.