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May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013
Llamas, Peru
Photograph by Antoine Bruneau, Your Shot
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After a couple of days trekking across the Peruvian Andes, our group had an unusual encounter at 4,600 meters, on top of the narrow, windy, and freezing Huacahuasi Pass. While we had not run into a single soul for days, we had to give way to a flock of llamas and their herder, basically coming out of nowhere: a real culture shock between us Occidental folks in search of adventure and the local Quechua mountain people going about their daily business. —Antoine Bruneau
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6 comments
sublime... what a perspective.. this really gives a dbl sense of the viewer looking down, "them looking up" and what a look the first lama is giving "us"! plus the wind blowing the lama's coat... adds an even heighted blustery feel to what already is a depiction of the beauty and harshness of nature, with only the lake in the background to soften the impression.
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