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Jan 19th, 2017: Colorful Mountains
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Ausangate is a mountain of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. This beautiful region, inhabited by alpaca and llama herding communities, serves as home to one of the last remaining pastoralist societies in the world. |
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This beautiful region is comprised of four major geological features: The hanging glaciers and glacial erosional valleys, the Andean uplift formed by Granit, the limestone forest, and most notably, the beautiful Permian formations that naturally occur in a variety of colors including blue, red, ochre, and turquoise. |
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Located just 3 hours from Cusco, but comparatively unknown until recent years when climate change caused the overlying snow to melt and reveal the colorful formation. There are locals with horses that charge $20-30 to take you to the top. Useful to know because the hike begins at an altitude of 14,000 feet and rises to 17,000 feet. |
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glatt Thursday Jan 19 08:43 AM
Very cool. reminds me of putting alternating layers of colored sand in a jar when I was a kid.
footfootfoot Thursday Jan 19 01:03 PM
The guy at the really busy contractor's and decorator's paint store drips some paint onto the edge of the mixing machine every time he mixes paint and pulls a sample on a mixing stick. Over the decades it has grown to be about 4 feet tall and 5" at the peak spreading to about two feet were it meets the floor. He said when he retires he wants to take it with him.
From time to time he's had to trim parts of it and the cross section is amazing.
monster Thursday Jan 19 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
The guy at the really busy contractor's and decorator's paint store drips some paint onto the edge of the mixing machine every time he mixes paint and pulls a sample on a mixing stick. Over the decades it has grown to be about 4 feet tall and 5" at the peak spreading to about two feet were it meets the floor. He said when he retires he wants to take it with him.
From time to time he's had to trim parts of it and the cross section is amazing. |
Gravdigr Thursday Jan 19 03:14 PM
That first pic...how long before you got tired of looking at that? Ever?
Happy Monkey Thursday Jan 19 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
like Fordite
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Gravdigr Thursday Jan 19 05:21 PM
Velly intellesting.
monster Thursday Jan 19 07:04 PM
There's a rock at Uni of Mich that's twice the size it used to be.....
footfootfoot Friday Jan 20 05:47 PM
I want some Fordite. A piece of history.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Jan 20 06:43 PM
I have a piece, I bought it before it became popular.
SPUCK Wednesday Jan 25 05:00 AM
Located just 3 hours from Cusco nowhere.
17k feet!! Anyone remember what they've seen by the time they get back down?
Bruce thanks again for all the really cool things you put up. You rarely fail to impress/surprise/titillate/amaze/entertain/educate me/us.
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Jan 25 10:16 AM
Glad you enjoy them. 
BigV Wednesday Jan 25 11:37 AM
Yes, thank you, sir!
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