Enormous Avalanche on Ranrapalca

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Enormous Avalanche on Ranrapalca

Enormous Avalanche on Ranrapalca

A cloud of snow and ice billows out from the base of a huge avalanche on the west face of Ranrapalca in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru. Shot from just below moraine camp on Vallunaraju. Photo by Howie Silleck, June 25, 2007.
hhsilleck
on Aug 10, 2007 11:07 am
Lat/Lon: 9.48428°S / 77.32315°W
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing,  Scenery
Image ID: 322110

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Nanuls

Nanuls - Aug 10, 2007 12:45 pm - Voted 10/10

Brilliant

What a great photo, brilliantly captured! Congratulations!

hhsilleck

hhsilleck - Aug 10, 2007 4:11 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Brilliant

Thanks Nanuls - it was the biggest avalanche I've ever witnessed, by far!
Cheers,
Howie

Azra

Azra - Aug 10, 2007 12:47 pm - Voted 10/10

Great!!

Amazing photo!
Congratulation!

hhsilleck

hhsilleck - Aug 10, 2007 4:11 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Great!!

Thank yo Azra!
Cheers,
Howie

mattnoland

mattnoland - Dec 9, 2007 7:10 pm - Voted 10/10

awesome!

what timing! Thanks for sharing this. Need a Spanish speaker next time?

BLong

BLong - Sep 18, 2009 1:50 am - Voted 10/10

Awesome

Absolutely amazing and epic photo. I would love to see a large version of this on a black background. Great capture.

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