Editorial photo #9828596 Human Interest
Stone Mushrooms In Bulgaria
Visitors attend in front of The stone mushrooms rock formations, located near the village of Beli Plast, south east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.The rock formations have the shape of natural mushrooms - their stalks are pink, and the caps are green. The height of the mushroom stalks and the width of the caps are up to 2.5 meters. They are made of rhyolite volcanic tuffs, which are the result of intensive underwater volcanic activity, dating back to the Paleocene. After the sea withdrawal and the consistent seabed rising, the influence of the erosion became visible. The rock formation is one of the most famous tourist attraction in Bulgaria. (Photo by /Sky Pictures Bulgaria/NurPhoto)