640px-Parinacota_Volcano_and_Azorella_in_Chile

Posted on December 6, 2019 by

Cushions of yareta (Azorella compacta) with Parinacota Volcano in background, nea the Chilean/Bolivian border
Courtesy Martin Mergili (BOKU University, Vienna) (https://imaggeo.egu.eu/user/358/) [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

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