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02-16-2010, 03:18 AM
Stone Forest - City of Towers - Madagascar
The Bemaraha National Park, situated in the west of Madagascar, has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. And for good reason… 752 km of breathtaking scenery with this incredible stone forest known as the Tsingy.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148262,xcitefun-stone-forest-1.jpg
Beneath this apparent austerity, an extraordinary world of forest canyons, humid caves and burning karst karren is inhabited by fundamentally differing plants and animals who thrive in close proximity.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148261,xcitefun-stone-forest-2.jpg
From the Malagasy word, which means to walk on tiptoe, the term Tsingy has been accepted in common language to denote the exceptional topography. This topography of eroded limestone may exist in other areas around the world, but nowhere as tall, slender and extensive as the spires here.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148260,xcitefun-stone-forest-3.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148259,xcitefun-stone-forest-4.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148258,xcitefun-stone-forest-5.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148257,xcitefun-stone-forest-6.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148256,xcitefun-stone-forest-7.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148255,xcitefun-stone-forest-8.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148254,xcitefun-stone-forest-9.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148253,xcitefun-stone-forest-10.jpg
The Bemaraha National Park, situated in the west of Madagascar, has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. And for good reason… 752 km of breathtaking scenery with this incredible stone forest known as the Tsingy.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148262,xcitefun-stone-forest-1.jpg
Beneath this apparent austerity, an extraordinary world of forest canyons, humid caves and burning karst karren is inhabited by fundamentally differing plants and animals who thrive in close proximity.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148261,xcitefun-stone-forest-2.jpg
From the Malagasy word, which means to walk on tiptoe, the term Tsingy has been accepted in common language to denote the exceptional topography. This topography of eroded limestone may exist in other areas around the world, but nowhere as tall, slender and extensive as the spires here.
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148260,xcitefun-stone-forest-3.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148259,xcitefun-stone-forest-4.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148258,xcitefun-stone-forest-5.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148257,xcitefun-stone-forest-6.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148256,xcitefun-stone-forest-7.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148255,xcitefun-stone-forest-8.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148254,xcitefun-stone-forest-9.jpg
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2010/02/148253,xcitefun-stone-forest-10.jpg