Maria Sahai Photography

Aktau Mountains - one of many unique landscapes you can observe in Kazakhstan

Such unusual colors and shapes are the result of millions of years of erosion.
Aktau (meaning "White Mountain" in Kazakh) is also one of the largest palaeontology sites in the world. Some of the there discoveries were rhinos, crocodiles, and turtles that inhabited the area 30 million years ago.

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Such unusual colors and shapes are the result of millions of years of erosion.<br />
Aktau (meaning "White Mountain" in Kazakh) is also one of the largest palaeontology sites in the world. Some of the there discoveries were rhinos, crocodiles, and turtles that inhabited the area 30 million years ago.