It was like stepping onto the surface of the moon. That's the feeling we had when we walked around the Cappadocia region of Turkey in 1995 .

We'd heard about Cappadocia and the fantastic shapes of the terrain there, but seeing and walking around it was something else. If one picture is worth a thousand words, it'll take more than a few pictures to show you what I mean.

It all started about ten million years ago, when volcanic eruptions showered this area with 100 feet or more of hot ash. The ash hardened into a soft ... (more)