The Valley of Ghosts on the western slope of Southern Demerdzhi Mountain is famous for two things. The first is a group of rocks of different bizarre shapes, formed as a result of weathering of the stone. With their shapes, these rocks resemble figures of people, animals and other various objects, while possessing impressive dimensions - from several meters to 25 meters in height. The scale of the rocks in the photo below can be imagined if you look at the path at its foot — this is a rather wide trail along which we came here.
And the second is fogs and low clouds that now and then appear on the slopes of the mountain. The maximum height of Southern Demerdzhi is 1239 meters above sea level, and since the Valley of Ghosts is located below, both of these phenomena often visit the Valley of Ghosts. Cloths of clouds, drawn by a fast wind, sweep like streams of smoke along the slope, changing the picture before our eyes every second, now opening one section of the "stone forest", now hiding it from sight under a dense curtain.
Also, having climbed to the top of the mountain, if you are lucky, you can see a curious phenomenon there — the Brocken specter, but in this matter I was not lucky that day. We arrived for half a day to walk in the mountains and take a look at the Valley of Ghosts. You can climb to the top of the mountain and this is a wonderful trek for the whole day (there are many convenient and accessible paths for hiking), but we preferred a rather relaxed walk into the mountains with a contemplative purpose. And we didn’t regret spending at least an hour and a half in the Valley of Ghosts, watching the stone figures and the clouds, from time to time enveloping them. The ascent itself from the village of Luchistoye took no more than an hour,with stops to take pictures.
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Stunning pictures. Those rocks definitely have interesting shapes, I’ve never seen this place before, it’s beautiful.
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This is a wonderful place. I think these stones surprise many people with their shapes in the fog :).
Stunning. Beautiful photographs and beautiful light.
Some of the sculpted rocks seem to be guarding something. I wonder if they are watching you or watching over the valley.
A beautiful place! Thank you.
I think they, like the guardians of the valley, watch everything around and everyone who comes there :)
What spectacular pictures! Great job!
Beautiful views between the clouds :) Thank you!
Oh come on these are marvelous pictures, the fog adds some extra excitement to the pictures. Really great.
Fog always adds a mysterious atmosphere to a picture. But I think that time it was still a cloud - it flew down from the mountain :) Thank you!
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What cool and interesting rock formations and the fog add so much to the area.
I especially like the mushroom-shaped rocks - which are kind of with a cap on top. I always love fog, but that time it was clouds I think :)
I recently went to a place called Goblin Valley in Utah that has rock formations that are like these.
Oh, looked at the pictures of Goblin Valley - it's straight wow! I would walk there for a couple of days with a camera :)
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