Where Glacier Retreat Reveals the Apu
Katrine Trottier
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, Canada
Near Ausangate, the mountain is known as an Apu, a living spirit in Andean cosmology. Around us, recently deglaciated slopes exposed bedrock, sediments, and remnant ice, recording rapid glacier retreat in the Cordillera Vilcanota.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Katrine Trottier (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
6.7 MB
Aspect
1000:669
Width
5000 px
Height
3345 px
Brand
Olympus
Model
Superzoom 76G, 35 mm
Software
Adobe Lightroom
Coordinates
-13.7880, -71.2290
Tint
Purplish white
Submitted
5 April 2026
Taken
22 May 2025
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