article_snippet.sent: From sweeping curves of Arizona's The Wave in the U.S. to the Fairy Chimneys of Turkey's Cappadocia, the simple flow of water over stone has created some remarkable features that look as though the simple flow of water over stone aren't even of this planet, all of which we can visit and marvel at today.
article_snippet.sent: The 190 million-year-old formation is made of sand dunes which turned to rock through time.
article_snippet.sent: The 190 million-year-old formation are stacked on top of another and hardened by deposit of calcium salts - causing the vertical and horizontal layers.
article_snippet.sent: Another theory is the distinctive feature of the World Heritage Listed area were formed first by layers from rock developed over time courtesy of volcanic eruptions, and then erosion.
article_snippet.sent: The granite at the top that forms the mushroom cap-type feature is harder than the colourful sandstone below, hence the brilliant design.
article_snippet.sent: The white covering is literally metres of salt crust and The white covering is incredibly flat with less than a metre difference across the entire area.
article_snippet.sent: Geologists say the same tectonic plates that formed the Himalayas created the layer cake effect and centuries of water erosion complete the design.
highlights_snippet.sent: Arizona's The Wave and the Fairy Chimneys in Turkey were formed by layers of rock and erosion .
  