A glacier condemned to death by the greed of man
The Rinconada mining settlement is an example of how man's greed for gold destroys glaciers and contaminates large amounts of water in Lake Titicaca.
Category
Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Oscar Vilca (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
10.5 MB
Aspect
188:125
Width
6016 px
Height
4000 px
Brand
Nikon
Model
D3200
Exposure
18 mm f/11 1/500 s ISO 200
Coordinates
-14.6068, -69.4044
Tint
Moderate blue
Submitted
23 February 2017
Taken
12 July 2015
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