South & East Asia 14 - China/Sichuan 13: Jiuzhaigou 4: Five-Color Pond & walk/drive
In this set, I continue the presentation of the Five-Color-Pond which I commenced yesterday, then follow with a few images from our walk through the forest along the shore where, not being a birder at all, I was lucky to capture the image of a bird along the forest path. I end this post with some fall scenes captured on our internal park bus ride to Zechawa Village, where our group stopped for lunch.
I repeat the information I provided yesterday on this lake:
Five-Color Pond (五彩池, Wǔcǎi Chí) is one of the smallest bodies of water in Jiuzhaigou lakes. It has an area of just 5,645 m² / 60,000 sq ft and a depth of 6.6 m / 22 ft and is situated at an altitude of 2,995 m / 9,820 ft. Despite its very modest dimensions and depth, it has a richly colored underwater landscape with some of the brightest and clearest waters in the area. According to legend, this is the pond where the goddess Semo washed her hair and god Dage came daily to bring her water.
Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.htmlCOUNTRY INFO: Set # 2 provides more information on SICHUAN/CHINA, here is the link to review it:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724445-1.htmlJIUZHAIGOU INFO: Set 11 provides information on THIS PARK, see it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-725445-1.htmlEARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.
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1 - Zechawa Valley: Five-Color Pond - A smorgasbord of colors
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2 - Water ripples akin to the friction ridges of a finger providing the unique finger print pattern
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3 - More "fingerprints" of this pond
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4 - The final detail of the "fingerprint"
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5 - On the walk from the Five-Color Pond: Bare branches of paperbark maples, native to this area
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6 - Detail of the trunk of a paperbark maple
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7 - Elliot's Laughingthrush native to this area
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8 - Drive from Five-Color Pond to Zechawa Village amidst the fall colors
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9 - Another fall color scene from the drive
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For your reference:
A - Trip map of the Sichuan segment
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B - Jiuzhaigou Valley National Park - Map of the three valleys with the many lakes - the Five-Color-Pond is marked as "Colorful Pond" on this map
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More beautiful work, Joe.
kpmac wrote:
More beautiful work, Joe.
Thank you Ken, glad you enjoyed the images.
Colorful presentation aided by your good eye, Joe!
Liked these very much. Love the bird and tree trunk.
UTMike wrote:
Colorful presentation aided by your good eye, Joe!
Thanks Mike, glad you liked the set.
NMGal wrote:
Liked these very much. Love the bird and tree trunk.
Thank you Barbara, I am happy to hear that you liked the images in this set, especially that neat little bird and the tree trunk.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
weberwest wrote:
In this set, I continue the presentation of the Five-Color-Pond which I commenced yesterday, then follow with a few images from our walk through the forest along the shore where, not being a birder at all, I was lucky to capture the image of a bird along the forest path. I end this post with some fall scenes captured on our internal park bus ride to Zechawa Village, where our group stopped for lunch.
I repeat the information I provided yesterday on this lake:
Five-Color Pond (五彩池, Wǔcǎi Chí) is one of the smallest bodies of water in Jiuzhaigou lakes. It has an area of just 5,645 m² / 60,000 sq ft and a depth of 6.6 m / 22 ft and is situated at an altitude of 2,995 m / 9,820 ft. Despite its very modest dimensions and depth, it has a richly colored underwater landscape with some of the brightest and clearest waters in the area. According to legend, this is the pond where the goddess Semo washed her hair and god Dage came daily to bring her water.
Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.htmlCOUNTRY INFO: Set # 2 provides more information on SICHUAN/CHINA, here is the link to review it:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724445-1.htmlJIUZHAIGOU INFO: Set 11 provides information on THIS PARK, see it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-725445-1.htmlEARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.
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Stupendous shooting 🏆💫🏆💫🏆
Excellent set as always Joe.
Beautifully colored photos of the pond. I also really like the trees in #5 and #6. Quite unusual and striking.
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