The Rainbow Mountains, or Zhangye Danxia, exist because of millions of years of geological evolution. There used to be a lake where the mountains now stand. Erosion, tectonic shifts, and varying ...

Why it's incredible: The mountains' folded rocks form stunning rainbow patterns. As the name suggests, China's Rainbow Mountains are multicolored formations in the northwest of the country. The ...

Many people have seen pictures of the so-called "Rainbow Mountains" of China on Instagram or some other social media platform. They know they look cool, but don't know that visiting this landmark can ...