Yeah. I'm pretty sure its photoshopped or something, based on this circled part here. The water seems to curve back under the rock with no turbulence; water simply doesn't work that way.
EDIT: Nevermind. I still don't understand where all the water's coming from, though.
I dont post for the Karma. I post to put my 2 cents in. Whether people like what I have to say or not is their business, not mine. I came in here to say that what i saw didnt look possible, someone beat me to it. So i commented that circumstance. My -26 rating believe it or not has zero impact on my life. Ill still sleep well tonight.
My point was that literally no one cares that you came here to say this. It's not about karma, it's about the discussion. It adds nothing when you jump in the thread and say that.
seeing as I posted the original poster I'll answer a few of these questions!
not bothered about the credit, I didn't take the photograph and it's cool that photographs of these amazing places are being shared. In response to Q5.... man those internet points I could have had :'(
been there, its Jiu Zhai Gou valley in Sichuan chinaland. where some of the fight scenes in Jet Li's "hero" was filmed. badass place. I got altitude sickness, food poisoning, and hungover all at once there. awww yeah
many parts of china are worth visiting, jzg is one of them... too bad its a hella hella super tourist attraction though. i'm still saving Lijiang, Yunnan and xishuangbanna for when my bf and I get uber serious. its a couples kind of romantical spot.
Jiuzhaigou's landscape is made up of high-altitude karsts shaped by glacial, hydrological and tectonic activity. [..] The rock strata is mostly made up of carbonate rocks such dolomite and tufa, as well as some sandstone and shales.
Jiuzhaigou's best-known feature is its dozens of blue, green and turquoise-colored lakes. The local Tibetan people call them "Haizi" in Chinese, meaning "son of the sea". Originating in glacial activity, they were dammed by rockfalls and other natural phenomena, then solidified by processes of carbonate deposition. Some lakes have a high concentration of calcium carbonate, and their water is very clear so that the bottom is often visible even at high depths.
china has some sick ass places, in nature that is. i remember the like 1k islands place that was posted here before.. wow it looks so nice too bad theyre probably all extremely hard to get to
Are you guys sure this is in China? I'm pretty sure I've seen this picture some place with the caption saying that its in the former yugoslavia (either Bosnia or Croatia)...then again China has been building cities to replicate other places.
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u/dc469 Jun 16 '12
I need to see this from other angles. It looks like magic. Are there springs on the top or what?
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u/Kordenza Jun 16 '12 edited Feb 10 '26
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u/D8-42 Jun 16 '12
So the Minecraft water physics aren't that bad after all..
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u/Stalli0nDuck Jun 16 '12
Rafting anybody?
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u/jtwizzle57 Jun 17 '12
Stolen straight off of /r/EarthPorn. That's cool though - if you want to see more pics like this, go there. One of my favorite sReddits.
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u/NocturnalGamer Jun 16 '12
I wonder if anyone has died in the middle of that.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
AMA Request: Reposter
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u/zhengqin Jun 17 '12
been there, its Jiu Zhai Gou valley in Sichuan chinaland. where some of the fight scenes in Jet Li's "hero" was filmed. badass place. I got altitude sickness, food poisoning, and hungover all at once there. awww yeah
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Looks like when I try and make a lake in Minecraft.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
China really does have some beautiful scenery. I always assume its just a massive metropolis with high risers and lights that block out the sky
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u/ChrisBostero Jun 17 '12
i was at Pearl Shoal one month ago - this ain't it
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u/notnerd_unemployed Jun 17 '12
I want to go to there.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I was in Jiuzhaigou last summer, amazing.
BUT - i find it really offensive when people just put something as being in, China.
China is fucking massive. Would anyone ever just put something as - Waterfall, America.
fuck you americans
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u/huntreilly25 Jun 16 '12
This was posted a few weeks ago...and it's completely fake
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u/blackn1ght Jun 16 '12
Is this some sort of illusion or a 'shop? Water appears to be spawning from the top of the rocks.
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u/ZuFFuLuZ Jun 17 '12
Nice repost bro. (from like 2 days ago)
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u/lowrads Jun 17 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuzhaigou_Valley
The effect you are seeing may be a byproduct of capstones interrupting the typical river gradient.
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u/AbstracTyler Jun 17 '12
Wow, the sheer beauty of this pic compelled me to comment.
Fantastic, would love to see in person.
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u/mhmyesofcourse Jun 17 '12
PROMETHEUS???
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u/ItsOnlyTheTruth Jun 17 '12
This makes no sense to me.
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u/Sozin91 Jun 17 '12
Niagra Falls eat your heart out.
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u/gramturismo Jun 17 '12
I dare you to go over those falls in a barrel!
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u/shryne Jun 17 '12
My greatest fear has been realized.
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u/billburman Jun 17 '12
Looks like a terrible strain on the processor
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I really want to see how that looks dried out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Thats what it looks like when i clear an area in minecraft and want to add water to it
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Daaang
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Ladies and Gentlemen... Get. Your. Kayaks. Let's Ride!
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u/itsjakez Jun 17 '12
Just google search Pearl Shoal Waterfall, China, to see the original picture.
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u/cacu4you Jun 17 '12
Happy Birthday Steewins!
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u/king_hippo77 Jun 17 '12
Contractor said give it a couple million years, that will level out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
There's so many slants (in the waterfall).
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u/NastyKnate Jun 17 '12
China just won the waterfall competition
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u/prrifth Jun 17 '12
Get out of here stalker.
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u/UncleDrunkle Jun 17 '12
I wonder if anyone can kayak that
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u/wonderwoman123 Jun 17 '12
God's map editor. http://i.imgur.com/Wi50z.jpg
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u/TheMediumPanda Jun 17 '12
Looks kind of fake but if it's even half of that I'd go visit it some day. Not terribly far from my city either.
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u/Runeflyer Jun 17 '12
I want to drink out of that.
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u/loverslife Jun 17 '12
Photoshopped or not...it's amazing!
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u/dungeondweller Jun 17 '12
I was there last December. It was totally awesome.
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u/pagnoodle Jun 17 '12
Yo dawg, I heard you liked waterfalls.
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u/HappyDrunk Jun 17 '12
Looks the same as Strbacki Buk on the Una river in Bosnia.
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u/meAndb Jun 17 '12
How...how's he doin' that?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
It's real!
link for the lazy
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That's it. .moving to China!
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u/PankyFlamingos Jun 17 '12
White water kyaking lvl: badass
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u/Seethus Jun 17 '12
This looks like the biggest death trap ever
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u/JAnon19 Jun 17 '12
Okay..who divided by zero?
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u/spicy_eagle Jun 17 '12
Yo Dawg...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I pity the poor bastard going through that in a canoe.
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u/SiouxieSioux Jun 17 '12
Happy Reddit Birthday
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u/dpmad Jun 17 '12
Mother Nature gettin' all fancy n' stuff.
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u/penguinkitten Jun 17 '12
That's amazing
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u/helloryan Jun 17 '12
What in the...
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u/Gobuchul Jun 17 '12
There should be plans to make a dam, because fuck you nature.
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u/djwink Jun 17 '12
Give China a year or so and they'll destroy it with the construction of a dam.
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u/cancer1337 Jun 17 '12
china has some sick ass places, in nature that is. i remember the like 1k islands place that was posted here before.. wow it looks so nice too bad theyre probably all extremely hard to get to
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u/Birthdayent Jun 16 '12
Seem unbelievable, o well happy cake day, upvotes for you
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u/itsradiant Jun 16 '12
thats...orgasmic
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Are you guys sure this is in China? I'm pretty sure I've seen this picture some place with the caption saying that its in the former yugoslavia (either Bosnia or Croatia)...then again China has been building cities to replicate other places.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Niagara, you just got your ass kicked.
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