Coin-op binoculars at Göreme Open Air Museum - Göreme (Nevsehir Province, Turkey) - Coin-Op Binoculars on Waymarking.com

This coin-operated binocular, located above carpark at Göreme Open Air Museum in Göreme, offers views over fascinating surrounding landscape created by erosion of tufa sediments typical for Cappadocia.

Located in the central part of Anatolian peninsula, Cappadocia has become one of the most notable tourist destinations in Turkey. The uniqueness of the region was formed by the eruption of Mt. Erciyes and Mt. Hassan, circa 60 million years ago that spread a thick layer volcanic ash over the area. With time, this hardened into a soft porous stone known as tuff. Subsequent water and wind erosion created valleys in the soft rock that left behind higher sections of interesting formations known as "fairy chimneys".

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