travelsats on Nostr: There's a glacier above Cerro Tronador that no one talks about — Ventisquero Negro, ...

There's a glacier above Cerro Tronador that no one talks about — Ventisquero Negro, the black glacier. Andean rock dust accumulates on the ice surface over centuries until the white disappears entirely. You stand beneath it and watch water fall from something that looks more like obsidian than frozen water.

The mountain earned its name honestly. When ice chunks detach and fall, the sound rolls through the valley like distant artillery.

Some places teach you the scale of time. This is one of them.

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