Altiplano

George Steinmetz

National Geographic Magazine

A blue sky at sunrise colors the reflections in Sol de Manana, a fumarole field located at 16,000 ft.) along the crest of the Andes near the Chilean border. This is a popular stop for tourists who come at sunrise (aprox 10 cars of 6 passengers each) to see the maximum amount of steam from the sulfurous geothermal fumes. These are bubbling, spitting, and hissing mud pots, but not geysers.

George Steinmetz, "Altiplano," in POYi Archive, Item #41863, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/41863 (accessed November 22, 2024).