Aktau Mountains (Altyn-Emel)

Almaty Region · Kazakhstan

Aktau Mountains (Altyn-Emel), Kazakhstan
Photo: Saltanat-alikhanova, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April-June
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Banded chalk hills striped in white, red, and green, exposing layers of ancient lakebed sediment. The eroded badlands hold fossils dating back tens of millions of years.

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