Cuernos del Paine two-tone rocky peaks, golden light, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
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Here in Chilean Patagonia, mountains like the Cuernos del Paine are often shrouded in mist. But the clouds cleared and the sun hit just right for the fortunate photographer who snapped this shot, offering us a peek at these peaks' unique geology.Ancient glaciers stripped much of this mountain chain to its granite bones. You can see this granite exposed in the broad, light-colored stripe across the base of the Cuernos ('horns'). But the glaciers spared the peaks' caps, leaving dark patches of sedimentary rock. Geologists call this feature a 'roof pendant'—we call it the crown on a majestic massif.
两个名称中包含什么？
一片广阔的北极地区
无与伦比的天堂之境
壮观的火山景观
巍峨壮观的褐铃山
彩虹街
错落有致的半岛
隧道景观
