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PHOTO OF THE DAY January 15, 2003  

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Where Nevado Ampato, Andes Mountains, Peru
When 1995
Photographer Stephen Alvarez

“Recently reawakened, the Nevado Sabancaya volcano stirs as the author climbs Nevado Ampato. Drifting ash has darkened the snow here. Absorbing heat from the sun, it melts the snowcap, forming ice pinnacles and exposing ceremonial remains.”

—From “Peru’s Ice Maidens,” June 1996, National Geographic magazine


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