Drifting away in a hot air balloon over a Danxia landscape can set your adrenalin pumping but the breathtaking view is also therapeutic and calming as you immerse yourself in a memorable lifetime experience.
At least 40 athletes set off in 40 hot air balloons on Wednesday to soar over a Danxia landscape covering over 500 square kilometers, commonly found in northwest, and southwest China.
The bird's eye view lays bare one of nature's artistic expressions, blending neatly interspersed red, light green, brown and white sandstone, bringing out an amazing spectacle.
The colored mountains and rolling steep cliffs form scenery that displays nature's matchless beauty.