Lake Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan
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Band-e-amir is a series of deep blue lakes nestled amidst limestone canyons. This is Afghanistan’s Grand Canyon, truly a sight inspiring of awe.
Weather is worth traveling through Taliban territory to get here is entirely another question.
More from Afghanistan on my site contained in these posts.
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Weather is worth traveling through Taliban territory to get here is entirely another question.
More from Afghanistan on my site contained in these posts.
CC www.carlmontgomery.com/
Wikipedia Article
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Band-e Amir (Persian: بند امیر) is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. The lakes are situated in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan at approximately 3000 meters of elevation, west of the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan.
They were created by the carbon dioxide rich water oozing out of the faults and fractures to deposit calcium carbonate precipitate in the form of travertine walls that today store the water of these lakes. Band-e Amir is one of the few rare natural lakes in the world which are created by travertine systems, all of which are on UNESCO World heritage list. In 2009, Band-e Amir became Afghanistan's first national park.
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