Magnificent Chimborazo Is The Closest Point To The Sun II
by Al Bourassa
Title
Magnificent Chimborazo Is The Closest Point To The Sun II
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Per Wikipedia: Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D.
With a peak elevation of 6,263 m (20,548 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. Chimborazo is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center (and closest to the sun).
Chimborazo is at the main end of the Ecuadorian Volcanic Arc, north west of the town of Riobamba. Chimborazo is in la Avenida de los Volcanes (the Avenue of Volcanoes) west of the Sanancajas mountain chain. Carihuairazo, Tungurahua, Tulabug, and El Altar are all mountains that neighbor Chimborazo.
The top of Chimborazo is completely covered by glaciers, with some north-eastern glacier arms flowing down to 4,600 m. Its glacier is the source of water for the population of the Bolivar and Chimborazo provinces of Ecuador. Chimborazo glacier's ice mass has decreased over the past decades, which is thought by some to be due to the combined influences of global warming, ash covers from recent volcanic activity of Tungurahua, and the El Niño phenomenon.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from my photograph taken June 22/18 on my flight move from Cuenca, Ecuador, to Tulua, Colombia, South America.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor and Photoshop.
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January 23rd, 2020
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John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Al Bourassa replied:
John, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group and THANK YOU for favouring this artwork and for the lovely comment.