Seven Coloured Earths
by Tony Murtagh
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Seven Coloured Earths
Artist
Tony Murtagh
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The Seven Coloured Earths (Terres des Sept Couleurs) are a geological formation and prominent tourist attraction found in the Chamarel plain of the Rivière Noire District in south-western Mauritius. It is a relatively small area of sand dunes comprising sand of seven distinct colours (approximately red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow). The main feature of the place is that since these differently coloured sands spontaneously settle in different layers, dunes acquire a surrealistic, striped colouring.
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September 6th, 2015
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