张家界
Zhangjiajie
Towering sandstone pillars rising from misty valleys — the real-world inspiration for the floating mountains in Avatar.
张家界
Towering sandstone pillars rising from misty valleys — the real-world inspiration for the floating mountains in Avatar.
Zhangjiajie is the kind of place that makes you question whether you're still on Earth. Thousands of quartzite sandstone pillars — some over 1,000 meters tall — rise from subtropical forest like a stone forest frozen mid-explosion. James Cameron's team came here for Avatar inspiration, and you'll understand why the moment the mist clears and the pillars appear. Add the world's longest glass bridge, the Bailong Elevator (1,070 feet, built into a cliff), and Tianmen Mountain's Heaven's Gate, and you have one of the most dramatic landscapes on the planet.
