ponderation: Pamukkale by zone032 Full size photo at link (it looks much better that way).“Pam
ponderation:Pamukkale by zone032Full size photo at link (it looks much better that way).“Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water…The underground volcanic activity which causes the hot springs also forced carbon dioxide into a cave, which was called the Plutonium meaning place of the god, Pluto. This cave was used for religious purposes by priests of Cybele, who found ways to appear immune to the suffocating gas.” Wiki -- source link
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