Rainbow Mountains From Titan Carcass Remains?
The first question is: why do we often see banded rocks and where are the colours coming from? What is the cause? The other important aspect to the preservation of Titan flesh is the presence of saline (salt) water. I would like to suggest that the combinations and permutations of these factors have created a world of wonder. The following truly amazing landscapes provide further insights into geology as hardened biology.
Tiramisu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Tiramusu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Wonders of Mangystau: Exploring Surreal Landscapes 19-27 October 2025
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Comment: I think this tour operator is set-up to attract photographers.
Tiramisu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Tiramisu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Tiramisu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Tiramisu Rocks, near Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan.
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Fascinating Chalky World, Mangystau
Behance, Sep 2015
Mangystau region is located in the southwest of Kazakhstan and occupies significant part of the Ustyurt Plateau. The plateau has magnificent landscape zones of chalk which have been deeply sculpted by weathering and erosion.
Comment: This is about a trip to this other worldly place.
Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park, China
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These are the famous Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in northwest China. These red, yellow, green, blue, pink, and gray hills are the product of deposits of sandstone, iron, and other trace minerals.
Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park, China
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Comment: There is a slideshow here.
Rainbow Mountains In China’s Danxia Landform
Geology In, September 2015
[...] The extraordinary landscape stretches across an area of approximately 510 square kilometers and is part of the larger Zhangye National Geopark. The vibrant colors of the Rainbow Mountains are primarily shades of red, orange, and yellow.
Comment: The colours are probably too bright. More images here.
Rainbow Mountain, Peru
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Pallay Punchu, Cusco Peru
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Rainbow Mountain: Pallay Punchu, Everything You Need to Know
salkantaytrekking.com, 146th May 2025
Discover Pallay Punchu, Cusco’s unknown Rainbow Mountain. That’s right: in Peru, there’s not just one Rainbow Mountain, but three stunning natural wonders — Vinicunca, Palccoyo, and Pallay Punchu. The latter remains a well-kept secret, a hidden treasure among the landscapes of the Andes.
Comment: More photos that are not as bright.
Pallay Punchu, Cusco’s Rainbow Mountain in Peru.
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Comment: An amazing short video on Pinterest Link
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Rainbow Mountains, Zhangye Danxia Geopark, China
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Comment: Maybe, the colours are too bright here....
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
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Comment: Here, the last video captured from the water reveals striking horizontal layering. Some of this is white and other parts are very fleshy coloured.
Painted Desert (Northern Region), Petrified Forest National Park
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This area is known for its vibrant, multicolored badlands, mesas, and buttes, formed by eroded sedimentary layers. Btw, Mesa means table in Spanish.
Blue Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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The Blue Mesa features striking blue, purple, and gray badlands with a 1-mile loop trail and petrified wood.
Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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Paria River Canyon, Utah
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Paria River Canyon In Utah. The Chinle Formation, Paria valley badlands, Utah
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Paria Mountains: Rainbow Mountains in Utah
Geology In, July 2016
The Paria River Canyon (Paria Rainbow Mountain) is a stunning geological wonder located in the heart of Utah. The mountains are known for their colorful rock formations, which range from red and orange to purple and white.
Comment: More stunning images of this region here.
The Paint Mines near Colorado Springs Colorado.
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A very odd collection of hoodoos and painted clay, with various wild and clashing colors emerging. Hot link link
The Bentonite Hills, Hanksville, Utah.
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The Bentonite Hills in Southern Utah are famous for their rainbow rings.
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“The Bentonite Hills appear as softly-contoured, banded hills in varying hues of brown, red, purple, gray, and green. The hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation.”
The Bentonite Hills in Southern Utah are famous for their rainbow rings.
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Comment: You might also like the Ice Cream Hills, also descibed as “raspberry cheesecake hills” Link
The Bentonite Hills in Utah
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AKTAU MOUNTAINS
Altyn Emel National Park.
Kazakhstan.
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Is this New Evidence that Geology is VERY Misunderstood
YouTube, 15 Sept 2021
At one time long ago....Biology met Chemistry and they formed a perfect union called rocks and we now call this Union Geology.
A new un-noticed process called neucleophilic substitution is to blame for this transition to stone and metals and gems.
I think we need more minds on this...geologists have a strong agenda and few have the other skills like chemistry and biology and anatomy to support the conclusions.
Comment: About half way through this video, Roger Spurr starts to explain how the stripes appear in stabilised tissue after they have come into contact with liquid (usually salt water). He then states that the colours are associated with transition metal complex ions. Hence, the process of tissue stabilisation is a chemical reaction and well understood by chemists. Btw, Roger never seems to stick to one topic for long.
Mudfossil chemistry explained
YouTube, 24 Nov 2016
Timestamp: Muscle Mountain 6:07 Link
(2 mins | Roger explains how the colours occur.)
Timestamp: Transition metals 13:02 Link
(3 mins | Roger details a chemistry paper and explains the capabilities of Transition metals when placed in a solution that includes blood to facilitate stabilisation.)
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Hosta beach (aka Traigh-stir) on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.
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The diagram shows aproximate colours for some common transition metal complex ions.
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Salt Domes & Salt Glaciers Don’t look Like Flesh....
But they don’t look like pure salt either. The mystery continues.
Salt dome Zagros Mountains of Iran
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Comment: The Zagros Mountains are a mountain range that stretches from eastern Turkey to southeastern Iran. Hot link image Link
Salt dome of Mount Jashak, Iran
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Salt pillar. Zagros Mountains of Iran
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Salt glacier and pillar. Zagros Mountains of Iran
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Salt glacier Zagros Mountains of Iran
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Salt Domes And Salt Glaciers of Zagros Mountains
Geology In, January 2023
Salt domes and salt glaciers are unique geological formations found in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Salt mountains, also known as salt domes. In the southern part of the Zagros Mountains alone, there are more than 130 salt domes which affected the structure of Zagros Mountains as one of the most significant simple folded systems in the world.
Aside from salt domes, there are salt caves including the longest salt cave in the world at over 6.4 km in the Namakdan Mountain, salt glaciers, salt valleys, karst sinkholes, and salt springs.
Comment: There are more striking examples here of these unique geological formations in Iran with explanations of how they were formed.
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