Chamarel Falls and the Colored Earths The village of Chamarel in southwest Mauritius is home to two natural wonders - the magnificant Chamarel Falls and the colored earths of Chamarel. The earths are particularly unsual; created by volcanic rocks that cooled at different temperatures, the earths form beautiful patterns of color in the exposed hillsides. And if you mix the colored earth together, theyll eventually settle into separate layers. Sometimes the colors play tricks on you and appear to be shadows. Over the millennia, the rocks were pulverized into sands which have the amazing property of settling into distinct layers: if you take a handful of each of the seven different colors of dirt and mix them together, theyd eventually separate into a colorful spectrum, each dot of sand rejoining its color caste. Since the earth was first exposed, rains had carved beautiful patterns into the hillside, creating an effect of earthen meringue. At first I thought I noticed shadows on the hills, creating the illusion of different colors, but soon I realized that the colors were real and the shadows were the illusion....
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:49:56 +0000
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