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Published: 2019-08-27 16:15:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 416; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 6
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Mount Maiji(麦积, wheat stack), located in the southeast of Gansu province, is a red sandstone solitary peak in the west of Qinling mountains. It is famous for the Maiji Shan grottoes on its cliff.Coordinates on Google Earth:
Mount Maiji: 34°21'2.38", 106° 0'20.15"
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cecil92 [2020-06-20 18:49:03 +0000 UTC]
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Hubery-Zhang In reply to cecil92 [2020-06-22 14:26:28 +0000 UTC]
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TinyWild [2019-10-05 16:14:13 +0000 UTC]
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CarpathianDreamDrago [2019-08-29 03:30:57 +0000 UTC]
Magnificent! Awesome! Such beauty a great shot.
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lynx318 [2019-08-28 01:45:15 +0000 UTC]
That would have taken some time to carve out, intricate centre pillar.
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Hubery-Zhang In reply to lynx318 [2019-08-28 14:23:55 +0000 UTC]
You seem to imagine a structure that doesn't exist?
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lynx318 In reply to Hubery-Zhang [2019-08-28 22:19:30 +0000 UTC]
The sun is glinting off a protrusion in the middle of the carved face. looks like a pillar but could be a buttress.
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Hubery-Zhang In reply to lynx318 [2019-08-29 00:11:38 +0000 UTC]
It was a collapse in Tang dynasty, which was caused by an earthquake. Since then, the whole grottoes have been divided into east and west.
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IME-Photography In reply to Hubery-Zhang [2019-08-27 17:39:04 +0000 UTC]
You are welcome dear ❤️
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