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Some 250 kilometers northeast of Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan Province, lies Dongchuan, a rural area with the world's most imposing red earth. Spread over vast terraced fields, Dongchuan’s unusual brownish-red color comes from its rich deposit of iron and copper. Exposed to the warm and humid climate of Yunnan, the iron in the soil undergoes oxidization to form iron oxide which is naturally red in color. These oxides, deposited through many years, gradually developed into the extraordinary reddish brown soil seen here today. Every year during spring, when this area is ploughed for agriculture, a large number of visitors and photographers come to see squares of freshly upturned red earth waiting to be sown along with areas of budding green plants. The fiery red soil juxtaposed with emerald green barley, and golden yellow buckwheat, against a blue sky produces one of the richest color palate rarely seen in nature.

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Taken on: May 9, 2015
Sets appears in:   • The Red Earth Terraces of Dongchuan, China   
Camera: Sony ILCE-6000, f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, 16mm (=24mm), ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Sony ILCE-6000
Lens: E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length: 16mm (35mm equivalent: 24mm)
ISO: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Saturation: Low
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
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