Cappadocian Landscape

Made of volcanic tuff, Cappadocia in central Turkey is full of valleys with eroded rocks in unbelievable shapes and colours.

Cappadocia is an eroded landscape of volcanic tuffstone. Wind and weather created rocks in the funniest shapes. The fields are very fertile and you can find here all kinds of fruit and vegetables.
Looking into a valley close to Göreme in Cappadocia. Just one hour before there was a thunderstorm with hail and I had to hide in a cave.
This cave church (10./11.century) is in the Cappadocian Kızılçukur-Valley, inside a tuff rock cone. The wooden stairs lead inside. There you will find a wall painting, showing the incarnation of God. The roof is decorated with a monumental cross. ...
Sunset in the early evening of a very cloudy day, near Göreme. Cappadocia is an eroded landscape of volcanic tuffstone. Wind and weather created rocks in the funniest shapes. The tuff stores a lot of water and makes the valleys very fertile. UNESC...
The open-air museum of Zelve covers two parallel valleys with hundreds of cave hoses, churches, chapels, mosques and a mill. People lived here until the late 40s of the 20th century, when an earthquake destroyed many caves. Another earthquake in t...
Cappadocia is an eroded landscape of volcanic tuffstone. Wind and weather created rocks in the funniest shapes. The tuff stores a lot of water and makes the valleys very fertile.  For thousands of years people were digging caves into the soft tuff...
On a path in the Meskendir Valley; there are everywhere in the rocks remains of former cave houses and dove cots.
The Hasan Dag (Mount Hasan) is with 3268m the 2nd highest mountain of Cappadocia. In ancient times there were several important villages. Today you can find a skiing center at the mountain. Late afternoon.
The Acigol (= bitter lake) is also called Nargolu (= pomegranate lake). It's a lake inside the crater of an inactive volcano. Like everywhere in Cappadocia the tuff rocks are full of cave houses.
Late afternoon in a valley called "Pasabag" in Cappadocia. Cappadocia is an area made of soft tuff from the surrounding volcanos. Wind and weather created rocks in the funniest shapes. The tuff stores a lot of water and makes the valleys very fert...
View into a valley between Goereme and Uchisar in Cappadocia. The panorama was taken right after sunset on one of the days in spring with permanent changing weather conditions. Clouds were moving fast, sun and rain alternated and created a very sp...
The open-air museum of Zelve covers two parallel valleys with hundreds of cave hoses, churches, chapels, mosques and a mill. People lived here until the late 40s of the 20th century, when an earthquake destroyed many caves. Another earthquake in t...
Somewhere in Cappadocia, one of many valleys with hundreds of caves.
Late afternoon in a valley called Pasabag. Cappadocia is an area made of soft tuff from the surrounding volcanos. Erosion created a unique landscape, that became a UNESCO world heritage in 1985.
Here in the valley are mainly grapes. In old times the holes in the rocks have been spacious cave apartments. After the fronts had been broken down, the farmers dug lots of small niches into the walls for pigeons to build nests. From time to time ...