on the way from Calama to Colchane 29.5.11.
Puchuldiza Geyser field 29.5. - 30.5.
main Geyser with rainbow
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main Geyser with rainbow
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water droplets of permanent active main Geyser are freezing in the night and building big ice deposits
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boiling pot |
main Geyser at sunset |
main Geyser at sunset |
main Geyser at sunset |
second Geyser, active for a few seconds each 15 minutes |
second Geyser |
main Geyser |
second Geyser with rainbow |
main Geyser |
steam from many vents |
heavier and steamier phase |
very first moment of second Geyser eruption |
second Geyser in full eruption |
sinter terraces |
hot spring |
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boiling pot |
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plant under the permanent ice rain |
ice deposits from main Geyser |
hot spring |
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lava erosion on the way back |
typical accident memorial near the road |
cacti before reaching low land desert |
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mountain desert on the way back to the coastal area |
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Lauca parque 31.5. - 5.6.
4. Guallatiri (6063m) 31.5.
5. Parinacota (6342m) 1.6.-2.6.
Parinacota above lago Chungara |
lago Chungara with Quimsachata range behind
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view to the Condoriri range
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aiming to the saddle between the Payachatas for climbing |
view to Pomerape from climbing base point |
collecting snow for cooking water |
my high camp at 5200m |
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 evening light on Pomerape
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sunset seen from high camp |
ascending N-flank, Sajama behind |
view to Pomerape summit |
bolivian climber, arriving from the E-side |
panoramic view of summit crater |
summit rim with 2 climbers, met by chance |
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myself at the rim |
panoramic view of summit crater |
view to Pomerape |
dust devil |
view back to Pomerape while descending to the car |
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last sunrays on top of the Payachatas |
Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy |
Milky Way with southern cross |
constellation Scorpius above Parinacota |
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6. Pomerape (6240m) 3.6.-4.6.
on the way back to Arica 5.6.-6.6.
