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What appears to be a Doctor
Zhivago-style snowy landscape in southwestern Turkey is actually the result of
calcium carbonate deposits from 17 natural hot springs accumulating over
thousands of years. Beginning in the late second century B.C., this area near
present-day Denizli was a destination for those who sought the therapeutic
benefits of the mineral-rich water whose temperature reaches upward of 100
degrees Fahrenheit.
Today, you can see remnants of the
baths at the ancient holy city of Hierapolis, but it's the stunning terraces,
cliffs and petrified white waterfalls of Pamukkale -- Turkish for "Cotton
Palace" -- that give it remarkable natural beauty.
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