Frailejon flowers from Ocetá's Paramo
This flowers are from an endemic plant, Espeletia sp. or "frailejon", commonly named by local people.
Frailejon lives in the high Andes mountains in an ecosystem called Páramo.
In Colombia, the Paramo is threated by climate change, extensive agriculture and raising cattle.
Category
Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Camilo Arias Ruiz (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.1 MB
Aspect
4:3
Width
3648 px
Height
2736 px
Brand
Panasonic
Model
DMC-FS5
Exposure
5 mm f/4 1/250 s ISO 100
Coordinates
5.7369, -72.8293
Tint
Brownish black
Submitted
22 February 2017
Taken
26 May 2013
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