Changbai Mountain

China 2009
IMG_4204 West slope entrance, Changbaishan (Mountain)
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IMG_4205-4269 To Heaven Lake, Changbaishan
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IMG_4206 Let's go, only 1236 steps to go...
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IMG_4209 0.9 Km or 0.56 miles is deceiving... its the 1236 steps...
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IMG_4210 Still a long way to go...
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IMG_4217 Oops... there's snow in front of us
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IMG_4218 No other option but keep on going...
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IMG_4220 Looking back the snow filled path...
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IMG_4224-4257 We made it... Heaven Lake on Changbaishan, altitude 2470 Meters or 8100 ft, the largest, deepest and highest volcanic lake in the world
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IMG_4249 A crater lake on the border between China and North Korea
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IMG_4251 It is located partly in Ryanggang Province, North Korea and partly in Jilin Province, northeastern China
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IMG_4252 The crater was formed by the collapse of land following a major volcanic eruption around 969 AD
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IMG_4253 Volcanic rock around the lake, snow not completedly melted yet
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IMG_4255 The size of the lake is 9.8 km² (3.8 miles²) with average depth of the lake is 213 m (699 ft) and maximum depth of 384 m (1,260 ft). From mid-October to...
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IMG_4264 Water from Heaven Lake flows down Changbaishan
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IMG_4270 Lots of carriage handlers standing by ready to take one up to Heaven Lake or back
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IMG_4273 Tizi River (The Ladder River)
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IMG_4274 The Ladder River gets its name because the shape of the river looks like a ladder
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IMG_4275 The large and small ladder rivers join together and becomes The Ladder River
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IMG_4276 Some sections of the river are covered by rock and plants and one can only hear the sound of running water, so it has another name called Underground River
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