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Pearl Shoal Waterfall, China (i.imgur.com)

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[–]dc469 22 points23 points ago

I need to see this from other angles. It looks like magic. Are there springs on the top or what?

[–]canaznguitar 11 points12 points ago

From Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/1_jiuzhaigou_valley_pearl_shoals_waterfall_2011.jpg

I think OP's picture is from a particularly high flow day.

[–]theineffablebob 18 points19 points ago

It was just that time of the month

[–]NotaTerriblePerson -4 points-3 points ago

Where have I heard that one before?

[–]Syn7axError 4 points5 points ago

I dunno, those trees look nothing alike. Those seem like different falls entirely.

[–]vijrox 2 points3 points ago

That was fucking beautiful. What's going on at the right side of that picture though?

[–]thisishow 2 points3 points ago

this is what i was thinking. can't find any good videos of it

[–]PenisFlyTrap 4 points5 points ago

So that looks literally nothing like the picture.

[–]Jayross 11 points12 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brF6EAx5fLs

[–]mrplump 1 point2 points ago

Too bad they will probably turn it into a resort of some sort

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure it's fake.

[–]Kordenza 179 points180 points ago

it doesn't seem like some of that should be possible

[–]lucasreher 38 points39 points ago

Minecraft physics

[–]AbraKdabra 16 points17 points ago

Nice texture pack.

[–]NoClipDelux 1 point2 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/h3seN.jpg

[–]nklim 5 points6 points ago

Yeah. I'm pretty sure its photoshopped or something, based on this circled part here. The water seems to curve back under the rock with no turbulence; water simply doesn't work that way.

EDIT: Nevermind. I still don't understand where all the water's coming from, though.

[–]chiropter 9 points10 points ago

it's called laminar flow

[–]singlethreadacc033 7 points8 points ago

Relevant. Captured at 3:50 from a video cited in a different post below yours.

[–]RTrooper 30 points31 points ago

Here is an actual picture of this waterfall: http://i.imgur.com/oSYdQ.jpg

Source.

[–]rakantae 47 points48 points ago

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brF6EAx5fLs

[–]thoughts4hire 37 points38 points ago

ITS REAL! 1:39 of the video. Not photoshop!

[–]Abakiz 2 points3 points ago

It's video-shopped.

[–]hospitalvespers 5 points6 points ago

This dude nails it.

[–]bobdle 0 points1 point ago

http://youtu.be/brF6EAx5fLs?t=1m37s

[–]CrazedAsian 9 points10 points ago

I was just here last week but it was cloudy so the picture isn't quite as beautiful as the one you linked.

http://i.imgur.com/NHZnZ.jpg

[–]Crystillictorment 2 points3 points ago

Still a gorgeous shot though.

[–]schwepski 2 points3 points ago

Still bloody beautiful though, eh!?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Australian, by any chance?

[–]schwepski 4 points5 points ago

English. I would die if I lived in Australia.

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points ago

American here, and that just proved how internationally incompetent we are.

[–]Ducksaucenem 9 points10 points ago

No I'm isn't

[–]BassheadPanda 2 points3 points ago

What were you saying about water again?

[–]D8-42 61 points62 points ago

So the Minecraft water physics aren't that bad after all..

[–]psyfive 13 points14 points ago

That's the first thing I thought when I saw this picture. Just looks like someone took a few buckets of water.

[–]the_tch 10 points11 points ago

There's always someone on Reddit who's thinking the same thing, no matter how absurd you think it is

[–]elruary 1 point2 points ago

I shit you not, I was thinking this also... Funny as melons.

[–]SonnyJoon 1 point2 points ago

I thought of the dig tool in The Sims.

[–]Stalli0nDuck 7 points8 points ago

Rafting anybody?

[–]FajitaofTreason 4 points5 points ago

This looks like it would be kinda hard to run without dying.

[–]jtwizzle57 9 points10 points ago

Stolen straight off of /r/EarthPorn. That's cool though - if you want to see more pics like this, go there. One of my favorite sReddits.

[–]NocturnalGamer 4 points5 points ago

I wonder if anyone has died in the middle of that.

[–]entbeard 5 points6 points ago

AMA Request: Reposter

  1. When one reposts things like this from /r/earthporn - do you have to rehost it before posting it?
  2. In the process of rehosting do you feel like a fraud?
  3. Do you get annoyed at other people's reposts?
  4. Do you steal other people's ideas in real life?
  5. Is this a crass attempt at winning internet points or do you just want to give this awesome picture greater exposure?
  6. Do you plan on giving any credit to the original poster - http://www.reddit.com/user/lomoeffect?
  7. Link to original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/uh5m5/pearl_shoal_waterfall_jiuzhaigou_valley_china/

[–]lomoeffect 1 point2 points ago

seeing as I posted the original poster I'll answer a few of these questions!

not bothered about the credit, I didn't take the photograph and it's cool that photographs of these amazing places are being shared. In response to Q5.... man those internet points I could have had :'(

but to the OP - you could have at least read the comments in my post and found out that we both actually got the name wrong.

[–]zhengqin 2 points3 points ago

been there, its Jiu Zhai Gou valley in Sichuan chinaland. where some of the fight scenes in Jet Li's "hero" was filmed. badass place. I got altitude sickness, food poisoning, and hungover all at once there. awww yeah

[–]baconperogies 0 points1 point ago

I heard Jiu Zhai gou is really worth visiting. May consider it.

[–]zhengqin 1 point2 points ago

many parts of china are worth visiting, jzg is one of them... too bad its a hella hella super tourist attraction though. i'm still saving Lijiang, Yunnan and xishuangbanna for when my bf and I get uber serious. its a couples kind of romantical spot.

[–]vikingz0mbi3 1 point2 points ago

Looks like when I try and make a lake in Minecraft.

[–]showmepotatosalad 1 point2 points ago

China really does have some beautiful scenery. I always assume its just a massive metropolis with high risers and lights that block out the sky

[–]Antoinettelucia 1 point2 points ago

Looks like it would be super fun to rock slide down!!

[–]ChrisBostero 1 point2 points ago

i was at Pearl Shoal one month ago - this ain't it

[–]lomoeffect 0 points1 point ago

Yeah the OPs got this one wrong like I did (I posted this on /r/earthporn 14 days ago). We discussed it here.

[–]notnerd_unemployed 1 point2 points ago

I want to go to there.

[–]DontBanMeDaddy 1 point2 points ago

I was in Jiuzhaigou last summer, amazing.

BUT - i find it really offensive when people just put something as being in, China.

China is fucking massive. Would anyone ever just put something as - Waterfall, America.

fuck you americans

[–]TwoKittensInABox -1 points0 points ago

don't know places in china

[–]huntreilly25 18 points19 points ago

This was posted a few weeks ago...and it's completely fake

[–]FNJII 45 points46 points ago

not quite...

[–]huntreilly25 19 points20 points ago

huh...well would you look at that!

[–]TreeStumps 1 point2 points ago

I'm not sure why, but your response to being proved wrong made me laugh far more than it should. I actually logged in just to upvote this.

[–]kilocball 13 points14 points ago

Actually, it was confirmed. People ended up posting shots of these falls from different angles.

[–]lifeliverDTN[!] 1 point2 points ago

Real one

[–]thoughts4hire 8 points9 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brF6EAx5fLs&t=1m39s real one.

[–]blackn1ght 2 points3 points ago

Is this some sort of illusion or a 'shop? Water appears to be spawning from the top of the rocks.

[–]We_Are_Legion 0 points1 point ago

Nope, confirmed real, video is linked in comments above.

[–]ZuFFuLuZ 1 point2 points ago

Nice repost bro. (from like 2 days ago)

[–]lowrads 1 point2 points ago

Jiuzhaigou's landscape is made up of high-altitude karsts shaped by glacial, hydrological and tectonic activity. [..] The rock strata is mostly made up of carbonate rocks such dolomite and tufa, as well as some sandstone and shales.

Jiuzhaigou's best-known feature is its dozens of blue, green and turquoise-colored lakes. The local Tibetan people call them "Haizi" in Chinese, meaning "son of the sea". Originating in glacial activity, they were dammed by rockfalls and other natural phenomena, then solidified by processes of carbonate deposition. Some lakes have a high concentration of calcium carbonate, and their water is very clear so that the bottom is often visible even at high depths.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuzhaigou_Valley

The effect you are seeing may be a byproduct of capstones interrupting the typical river gradient.

[–]AbstracTyler 1 point2 points ago

Wow, the sheer beauty of this pic compelled me to comment.

Fantastic, would love to see in person.

[–]mhmyesofcourse 1 point2 points ago

PROMETHEUS???

[–]ItsOnlyTheTruth 0 points1 point ago

This makes no sense to me.

[–]Sozin91 0 points1 point ago

Niagra Falls eat your heart out.

[–]gramturismo 0 points1 point ago

I dare you to go over those falls in a barrel!

[–]shryne 0 points1 point ago

My greatest fear has been realized.

[–]billburman 0 points1 point ago

Looks like a terrible strain on the processor

[–]TicoZuniga 0 points1 point ago

I really want to see how that looks dried out.

[–]knighmare 0 points1 point ago

Thats what it looks like when i clear an area in minecraft and want to add water to it

[–]krissycoconuts 0 points1 point ago

Daaang

[–]IAMStrangely 0 points1 point ago

Ladies and Gentlemen... Get. Your. Kayaks. Let's Ride!

[–]itsjakez 0 points1 point ago

Just google search Pearl Shoal Waterfall, China, to see the original picture.

[–]cacu4you 0 points1 point ago

Happy Birthday Steewins!

[–]king_hippo77 0 points1 point ago

Contractor said give it a couple million years, that will level out.

[–]KennyLush 0 points1 point ago

There's so many slants (in the waterfall).

[–]NastyKnate 0 points1 point ago

China just won the waterfall competition

[–]prrifth 0 points1 point ago

Get out of here stalker.

[–]UncleDrunkle 0 points1 point ago

I wonder if anyone can kayak that

[–]wonderwoman123 0 points1 point ago

God's map editor. http://i.imgur.com/Wi50z.jpg

[–]gojo345 0 points1 point ago

I want to go to there.

[–]TheMediumPanda 0 points1 point ago

Looks kind of fake but if it's even half of that I'd go visit it some day. Not terribly far from my city either.

[–]Runeflyer 0 points1 point ago

I want to drink out of that.

[–]loverslife 0 points1 point ago

Photoshopped or not...it's amazing!

[–]dungeondweller 0 points1 point ago

I was there last December. It was totally awesome.

[–]pagnoodle 0 points1 point ago

Yo dawg, I heard you liked waterfalls.

[–]HappyDrunk 0 points1 point ago

Looks the same as Strbacki Buk on the Una river in Bosnia.

[–]meAndb 0 points1 point ago

How...how's he doin' that?

[–]thoughts4hire 0 points1 point ago

It's real!

link for the lazy

[–]awesomeck 0 points1 point ago

That's it. .moving to China!

[–]PankyFlamingos 0 points1 point ago

White water kyaking lvl: badass

[–]Seethus 0 points1 point ago

This looks like the biggest death trap ever

[–]JAnon19 0 points1 point ago

Okay..who divided by zero?

[–]spicy_eagle 0 points1 point ago

Yo Dawg...

[–]oni-san 0 points1 point ago

I pity the poor bastard going through that in a canoe.

[–]SiouxieSioux 0 points1 point ago

Happy Reddit Birthday

[–]dpmad 0 points1 point ago

Mother Nature gettin' all fancy n' stuff.

[–]penguinkitten 0 points1 point ago

That's amazing

[–]helloryan 0 points1 point ago

What in the...

[–]Gobuchul 0 points1 point ago

There should be plans to make a dam, because fuck you nature.

[–]djwink 0 points1 point ago

Give China a year or so and they'll destroy it with the construction of a dam.

[–]PeytonSparkles 0 points1 point ago

I refuse to up vote this because exactly 14 days ago lomperfect posted this to earthporn and it made it to the front page. And since u r a reposter... Down vote for you not so good sir.

[–]LoveOfProfit -2 points-1 points ago

How the fuck is it even. What. I.

Huh?

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[–]lomoeffect 0 points1 point ago

It is.

[–]cancer1337 -1 points0 points ago

china has some sick ass places, in nature that is. i remember the like 1k islands place that was posted here before.. wow it looks so nice too bad theyre probably all extremely hard to get to

[–]Birthdayent -3 points-2 points ago

Seem unbelievable, o well happy cake day, upvotes for you

[–]lebeauc[!] -4 points-3 points ago

Happy cake day

[–]itsradiant -1 points0 points ago

thats...orgasmic

[–]gazija57 -1 points0 points ago

Are you guys sure this is in China? I'm pretty sure I've seen this picture some place with the caption saying that its in the former yugoslavia (either Bosnia or Croatia)...then again China has been building cities to replicate other places.

[–]guruPanda -2 points-1 points ago

Niagara, you just got your ass kicked.

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