Fairy chimneys, also known as hoodoos or tent rocks, are spooky looking spires of rock that range from the height of an average person to over 40 meters. While recently on assignment creating one of his time-lapse videos for Turkish Airlines, photographer and filmmaker Rob Whitworth captured the fairy chimneys found in the Cappadocia region of Turkey in all their eerie charm.

© <a href='http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk/'> Rob Whitworth </a>

Fairy chimneys, also known as hoodoos or tent rocks, are spooky looking spires of rock that range from the height of an average person to over 40 meters. While recently on assignment creating one of his time-lapse videos for Turkish Airlines, photographer and filmmaker Rob Whitworth captured the fairy chimneys found in the Cappadocia region of Turkey in all their eerie charm.
© <a href='http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk/'> Rob Whitworth </a>

Simply put, fairy chimneys are formed when thick layers of soft rock are covered by a thin layer of hard rock, with the soft rock continuing to erode through cracks in the layer of hard rock. As the cracks deepen, the fairy chimneys come to be shaped into their pillar-like silhouettes.

© <a href='http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk/'> Rob Whitworth </a>

While this geological process happens all over the world?fairy chimneys can be found in Taiwan, the US, New Zealand and Jordan?it is only in Cappadoci...