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Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color

April 6, 2020
IranWire
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color
Hormuz Island: A Paradise of Color

Visitors taking a tour by boat from the island of Qeshm toward Hormuz are greeted by stunning yellow, white and red mountains. Among them on the south side is a red mountain, called Gelak by the locals, whose peak is 200m above sea level and whose soil is, remarkably, edible. The soil is used by locals as a form of spice: in cooking fish, baking bread, making pickles, jams, and sauces and to create a dish called sooraq. The soil of Gelak has also been used in the tile industry and to make paints.

Photos: Amir Hossein Khurgooyi, Iranian Students News Agency

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