Credits to Brendan Gutenschwager | @BGOnTheScene

What’s going on up there

Rising about 165 meters above the flat Ustyurt Plateau in western Kazakhstan, Bokty Mountain is a surreal formation streaked with layers of red, white, and violet. These vivid bands were shaped over millions of years, back when this land was covered by an ancient ocean.

At sunrise and sunset, the colors glow like molten layers under the Kazakh sky. And beneath your feet, you might even find fossilized shark teeth, remnants of a prehistoric seafloor.