Earthquake in Sichuan China ruined one of the most beautiful nature reserves

[UncleWai]

Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan China was one of the most beautiful places I've visited. The 7.0 earthquake left the lakes and waterfall in ruins, it is a really sad day.


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Some before photos in google search for reference.
https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=...ved=0ahUKEwi8yOGR4szVAhVGbrwKHVT9DBsQ_AUIESgB

 

[PottedMeat]

those are some vivid colors
it may take 20-50 years but it'll recover... unless someone uses it as an excuse to develop the area
by the overgrown debris in the water in the old photos it looks like the quakes contributed to the beauty

 

[Cappuccino]

those are some vivid colors
it may take 20-50 years but it'll recover... unless someone uses it as an excuse to develop the area
by the overgrown debris in the water in the old photos it looks like the quakes contributed to the beauty

it may take 20-50 years but it'll recover
nah it will take them 1 week to fix it. If this happens in the UK it will take 50 years yes.

 

[IronWing]

The suspended sediment in the water should clear out very rapidly, as soon as any source areas revegetate. Tufa dams tend to grow quickly and should self repair. It might be possible to speed the process by plugging larger breaches in the existing dams, allowing the water to spread and trickle over the edges as it did prior to the quake instead of draining rapidly. Care would have to be taken in selecting repair material to not mess with the bacterial mats responsible for tufa formation. Speedy repair of major leaks would help keep the bacterial mats from dying back and speed natural repair of the dams. From the pics, it doesn't look like there is any serious long term damage.

 

[IronWing]

Related:

Road rebuilt after 2008 earthquake in same area.

 

[Thebobo]

Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan China was one of the most beautiful places I've visited. The 7.0 earthquake left the lakes and waterfall in ruins, it is a really sad day.


Now

Some before photos in google search for reference.
https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=...ved=0ahUKEwi8yOGR4szVAhVGbrwKHVT9DBsQ_AUIESgB

I don't see an after picture.

 

[tcG]

I've been to Jiuzhaigou as well! Cool. Beauty confirmed. Still have pics from that trip that I casually snapped which are frameworthy.

 

[zinfamous]

Related:

Road rebuilt after 2008 earthquake in same area.

...wth? what is the point of that design? Communist party family-appointed contractor gets paid per cubic foot?

 

[Thebobo]

Skateboard run

 

[IronWing]

...wth? what is the point of that design? Communist party family-appointed contractor gets paid per cubic foot?

The Chinese take the long view. When the next earthquake hits and the landslide deposit the road is built on slides again, the road will straighten out and remain in service.

 

[sdifox]

...wth? what is the point of that design? Communist party family-appointed contractor gets paid per cubic foot?

Steep grade.

 

[zinfamous]

Steep grade.

oh yeah you're right--I didn't appreciate that the first time looking at the image. It actually looked flat to me.

 

[highland145]

Related drained lake.

Lake Peigneur



Skip up to 2:30 for the triangulation error.

 

[Pulsar]

those are some vivid colors
it may take 20-50 years but it'll recover... unless someone uses it as an excuse to develop the area
by the overgrown debris in the water in the old photos it looks like the quakes contributed to the beauty

Don't believe half the pictures you see. Just look at the color of a single tree and then look out your window. If the two aren't similar, it's pretty certain that the picture was doctored. And a LOT of those pictures are doctored.

Don't get me wrong - it's a beautiful place. I have the same complaints about pictures of Glacier, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. You don't NEED to photo-fuck it to make it amazing, but some of these folks just can't help themselves.

 

[purbeast0]

Eh, that will be back to normal quick. Where I go fishing it's as clear as the "before" pictures, but if we have rain, the river runs and it looks like the 2nd picture. It's like not even 1" visibility. That clears up and it gets back to "normal" within a few days.