An American in Lima

El Fotografo took this shot during the drive to Huaraz last week. It’s of the Callejón de Huaylas (”Alley of Huaylas”), a valley in the Ancash Region in the north-central highlands of Peru. Glaciers all along the mountains there are melting due to rapid climate change.

Mt. Caullaraju; photo c. Jorge Vera 2009

Shooting with a Hasselblad enabled EF to capture the rich colors that briefly lit up the landscape as the sun went down.  I believe that’s the Santa River winding along the bottom of the frame; I’m waiting for mountain geographer / photographer Alton Byers to confirm via email. Alton is putting together a repeat-photography exhibit on the mountains of this region and as he says, “there’s probably no better case for cliamte change than the Cordillera Blanca.”  Click here to read a World Wildlife Fund interview with Alton.

7 p.m. update: Alton just emailed me this: The mountain is Caullaraju, the first one we saw when the bus came over the pass at Conococha; the plain in front is the Pampa de Lampa. These should be on the C. Blanca map. The river is the Rio Santa, that starts at Laguna Conococha, still quite small at this stage.

Thanks, Alton.

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