Caves near China’s ‘Avatar Mountains’ found packed with . . . A hidden environmental crisis is unfolding in ancient caves near China’s Zhangjiajie Forest Park, famed for its massive quartz-sandstone pillar formations, which are said to have inspired the
China pulls decade of rubbish from park that inspired sci-fi . . . The Zhangjiajie park is a UNESCO heritage site that provided inspiration for the scenery in director James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi film As much as 51 tonnes of garbage was removed from the Datiankeng and Yangjiapo caves, some of it dating to between 2010 and 2016, administrative officials in Cili county said on an official Wechat account on
Ancient cave in park where Avatar was based is now stinking . . . An ancient cave in a national park where parts of Avatar were based is now a stinking cesspit A serious environmental pollution incident has been declared at the site, which used to be called “a wonderland on Earth” Its beauty caught the attention of filmmakers working on the 2009 science fiction blockbuster Avatar