Patagonia
At sunset the rock face moves from grey to copper to a dull red, and photographers plan whole trips around the window.
Mountains desk · Issue 07
The Himalaya are still rising and the rivers are still arguing
Uplift and erosion are locked in a contest that decides the shape of the range, and the score is written in river gravel.
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Issue 07
Alps
Stellisee is calm enough on a handful of mornings each year to double the mountain, and the window is shortening.
Andes
The daily build up over the Huila ridges is regular enough to be used as a clock.
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Photo essay
Altitude changes the light
Above four thousand metres the air holds less moisture, so shadows go harder and bluer and the horizon sits further away. None of that was added in post, which is why the colours look slightly wrong to people who were not there.
The Paine massif at first light, Chilean Patagonia.
Editor's note
“Mountains are usually written about as challenges. They are also workplaces, weather systems and, for most of the people who live there, a commute.”
Tenzin Dorje · Editor, Range
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