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New collaborative research of Zhangjiajie

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Blue Mountains: schöner Blick in die Natur Source: W.Mueller

China’s Zhangjiajie UNESCO Global Geopark looks like a scene from Avatar, but it wasn’t created by computers; new collaborative research by University of Melbourne geomorphologist Dr Jan-Hendrik May and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research in Beijing finds water, time and tectonics combined to create this other-worldly wonder. Lucy Chen has more.



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