[Peru] Vinicunca / Montaña de 7 colores
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Perú es un país conocido por sus bellos y mágicos sitios arqueológicos, comida y demás.
Hace pocos años, uno de los lugares más visitados últimamente, ha sido la "Montaña de 7 colores" o "Montaña arcoíris", que es básicamente un cerro con una particular mineralización del suelo en franjas de colores.
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[Peru] Rainbow Mountain the New Natural Wonder in Cuzco Peru
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It is the mountain of 7 Colors, also known as Vinicunca or Rainbow Mountain. The mountain is located in the Cordillera del Vilcanota at 5,200 meters above sea level to the west of the imperial city of Cusco, in the district of Pitumarca. Its slopes and summits are dyed by strips of intense shades of fuchsia, turquoise, and gold.
The appearance of a rainbow is due to a complex geological history of marine, lacustrine, and fluvial sediments. These sediments, transported by the water that previously covered the area, date from between the Tertiary and Quaternary periods, that is, from about 65 to two years ago. millions of years.
Over time, the sediments formed layers (with different grain sizes) that today are seen as the fringes. The movement of tectonic plates in the area raised these sediments until they became mountains.
Later they acquired their striking colors due to the oxidation of their minerals, exerted by the humidity of the area, their erosion, and the deglaciation of the snow-capped mountains.