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Quebrada Calinca valley

View from San Antonio pass of the south faces of Yerupaja (6617 m), Siula Grande (6344m), Sarapo (6127 m) and Rasac (6040 m) as well as the west faces of Jurau (5674 m) and Carnicero (5960 m).

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Pourya 6 months ago

wonderful scape

Itay Gal 1 year ago

Very nice. I have a very similar shot from that pass in my gallery :)

Dirk Smith Your photo is very crisp! I hope this view will not change a bit in the next 1,000 years.

Matjaz Cater 1 year ago

... my kind of view...

Diego Baroni 2 years ago

Beautiful place!

Peter Olexa 2 years ago

Great photo :)

carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/08/24/mountains-photography/

Tomás Suárez 2 years ago

Fantastic mountains!

Dirk Smith I'm glad you like them Tomás

michel 2 years ago

Formidable image, bravo ! ! !

Dirk Smith Thank you for the compliments Michel.

michel 2 years ago

Magnifique !!!

victor pictor 2 years ago

super

Dirk Smith Thanks Victor

Trond Rømo 2 years ago

Very good! Love the mountains :-)

Dirk Smith Thank you! I love em too!

Dragan M. Babovic 2 years ago

Like blue eye. Bravo.

Dirk Smith Thank you Dragan. I understand that the colour of the lakes come from light being dispersed by finely ground rock particles suspended in the water. As the glaciers move they grind down the rock to a fine powder.

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sendhil 2 years ago

Superb image!!

Dirk Smith Thank you, glad you like it.

WK Chew 2 years ago

Beautiful landscape. Well done!

Dirk Smith Thank you for the compliment!

Micky Wiswedel 2 years ago

awesome!

Dirk Smith Thank you Micky, enjoy Spain!

Cheron 2 years ago

Amazing view !

Luc Van Sever 2 years ago

magnificent view

Doug Roane 2 years ago

looks like you were a little above treeline here, eh? ;-)
great expansive view

Dirk Smith Indeed, I will sponsor a trip to Peru if you can spot a tree in this one. I would have loved to have slept there, I had enough water but I chickened out.

Willy Marthinussen 2 years ago

Great "power"in this shot..like it a lot..

Dirk Smith Thank you Willy, glad you like it.

Morkel Erasmus 2 years ago

what a stunning vista. you captured it very well...

Dirk Smith Dankie vir die kompliment Morkel. Ek hou baie van jou foto van die swart reiger teen die son, ek het dit voorheen hier gesien, fantasties!

Morkel Erasmus plesier - en dankie wederom. dis lekker om ander Saffas hier raak te loop :)

Dirk Smith 2 years ago

Thank you all for the kind compliments! The picture was taken in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes. I hiked up San Antonio Pass and scrambled up a ridge east of the pass where this was taken from. The altitude was approximately 5,100m/16,700ft. When I reached this spot it was sunny and blue skies and then a storm came over the range but it cleared up again before sunset. This was taken after the storm passed. When it got dark I made my way down to the lake where I spent the night. A truly breath taking place to be in, especially solo.

Mihnea Turcu 2 years ago

Cordillera Blanca...:) wonderfull!!!!

Dirk Smith It was its neighbour, the Cordillera Huayhuash. Thank you for the compliment.

Wings 2 years ago

If you are standing here you have to be a over 17,000 feet. What a breath taking moment.

Dirk Smith Almost 17,000 but not quite. The higlight for me was a herd of wild vicunas running on the scree slope below me.

Marei 2 years ago

wonderful colors, wonderful place.

Dirk Smith Thank you Marei, glad you like the colours I must say I sometimes struggle to get them right..

Edmondo 2 years ago

EXCELLENT land, regards

Dirk Smith Thank you Edmondo, your country is certainly on my hitlist within the next few years.

Yves Lambert 2 years ago

A superb landscape picture.
Well done.

Dirk Smith Thank you Yves.

Ronald J. 2 years ago

Great and fascinating landscape and photo!

Dirk Smith Thank you for the compliment

vinya_jag 2 years ago

Peru?

Dirk Smith This was in Peru yes, in the Cordillera Huayhuash.

electricl 2 years ago

Really beautiful.

Dirk Smith Glad you like it..

Jacek Stefan 2 years ago

Well done! /J.

Dirk Smith Thank you Jacek

LuMaX 2 years ago

The scene is fine, but I think the lower left corner... ...without it, but more. The light is hard. I tried BW ;)

Dirk Smith Thank you for the feedback. I tried a slightly more aggressive edit on the version on my website increasing the midtone contrast a bit more. But for now I'm happy to get something published.

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