Hey Steemians,

My entry for #colourfulphotography this Thursday is a photo of colorful mountains in Peru. I shot it when trekking in the region of Willkanuta mountain range (Cordillera Vilcanota) in the Andes, on the boundary between Cusco and Puno.

大家好！这张照片是我在秘鲁的Vilcanota山区徒步时拍的，这片安第斯山区位于古城库斯科和普诺交界处。

This amazing area has four major geological features: the Andean uplift, the hanging glaciers and glacial erosional valleys, the limestone forests, and the Permian formation with its singular colors: red, ochre, blue and turquoise. As these mountains are so colorful, many travelers call them “Rainbow Mountains”. 🌈

这块山区有四个主要地质特点：安第斯隆升，悬冰川和冰川侵蚀的山谷，石灰石林，还有造成这五颜六色地貌的二叠纪构造。红色，赭色，蓝色，绿松石色……因为这缤纷的色彩，外国游客常叫这些山彩虹山。

It’s a pretty tough trek to reach the peak of Vinicunca, also called Montaña de Siete Colores and Montaña de Colores, with a scary altitude of 5,200 meters above sea level. I had to get up at 3am and was picked up by a van in Cusco to drive to the starting point of the trek. After hours of hiking in the thin air (meaning difficult breathing and getting exhausted easily), being greeted by cold wind, scorching sun with crazily high UV, hail and rain (Yes these happened at the same time or alternated), I finally climbed (it’s almot real climbing) to the highest point in the afternoon and captured the view in the photo below. Shouldn’t you upvote for my efforts behind this colorful image? 😉

要爬上海拔5200米的主峰七色山可不是件容易事儿。我半夜三点就得起床，坐上小巴从库斯科开去徒步起点。然后开始暴走，由于一路上空气稀薄，呼吸比较困难，容易因缺氧而乏力，再加上交替袭击的凛冽寒风，炎炎烈日（高原地区紫外线还很强），冰雹，暴雨，等下午我几乎手脚并用地爬到山顶时，已经是气喘吁吁，精疲力竭了。登顶后，我在寒冷的雾气中，用冻得瑟瑟发抖的手握稳相机，拍下了这张珍贵的照片（当然也还有几张其他角度的）。所以各位看官走过路过，千万不要错过为这得来不易的照片点赞啊！👍

Let alone the breathtaking view, another interesting part in this trek is the lovely llamas and alpacas, and the indeginous highlanders who herd them. I plan to post a series of photos to show these creatures and the natives (their traditional clothes are more colorful than the mountains), when I have access to my portable drive after this road trip.

除了这些壮美独特的山景，一路上还能看到可爱萌蠢的美洲驼羊驼，和衣着传统鲜艳服饰的印第安牧人。等我结束这次奔波, 会发些移动盘里他们的照片。（没错，我正在路上用手机码字发帖，敬业不？😅）

As one of the few remaining pastoralist societies in the world, these herders use the high mountain trails to trade with agricultural communities at lower elevations. They also provide horseriding service to trekkers who couldn’t make it to the top, which saved lives of many I believe. I witnessed a few trekkers fainting due to the altitude sickness and harsh weather conditions.

这些土著印第安人是世界仅存为数不多的游牧部族之一，他们世世代代跋涉在这些高山小径上，跟海拔稍低地区的农民交易产品。他们也提供马匹给这里徒步的游客，由于前面提到的高海拔缺氧和严酷的天气，有不少人一开始就坐上了马背，直到最后登顶的山脚下。我还看到几个游客由于高原反应而晕厥，幸亏这些土著和马儿帮了他们一把。

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Rainbow Mountains

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Category	Colourfulphotography
Settings	ISO 100 46mm f/10 1/200
Camera	Canon Kiss X3
Lens	Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location	Vinicunca - Peru

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