Ustyurt Plateau, Uzbekistan
Ustyurt Plateau is the most mysterious and least researched destination in Uzbekistan. In some records the plateau is called ‘an island’, and it is clear why: within the mass of desert sand chink plateau edge cliffs of over 300 meters in height are rising. The cliffs are so steep that there is only a place or two within the length of over 100 kilometers where a human can go up to the top of them.
The very sight of a steeply rising wall in the desert makes you feel awe for it. Besides, these cliffs have very impressive colors: from pure white to blue and pink, looking like a wonderland walls. Once you have got up, you see it still looks surreal. There are no bright green pastures up there, though. What you see looks like the surface of an uninhabited planet from a space opera. The terrain is rocks, cracks and caverns.
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