{"id":220058,"date":"2014-05-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"861f628092b7d2958a09dae9f9bfc746"},"modified":"2014-05-16T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T08:00:00","slug":"mount-huascaran-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=220058","title":{"rendered":"Mount Huascar\u00e1n, Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe snow-capped mountains running through the centre of this satellite image are part of the Cordillera Blanca \u2013 or \u2018white range\u2019 \u2013 in South America\u2019s Andes. Even though they are part of the typically warm Tropics \u2013 the region of Earth surrounding the equator \u2013 the mountain range is high enough to be permanently covered in snow and ice.\n<\/p>\n

\nThere are hundreds of glaciers in this range, providing a major source of water for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The glaciers and snow-covered areas \u2018collect\u2019 rain and snow during the rainy season and slowly release it during the drier times of the year. Over the last decades, the glaciers have experienced major losses owing to climate change, causing a major threat to water supply during the dry season in the future.\n<\/p>\n

\nLocated near the centre of this image, Mount Huascar\u00e1n is the highest peak in Peru at 6768 m. The summit is one of the farthest points from Earth\u2019s centre, meaning it experiences the lowest gravity on the planet.\n<\/p>\n

\nNorth of Huascar\u00e1n, we can see an outlet glacier that meets another outlet from the Chopicalqui mountain to the east. Numerous blue glacial lakes are visible in the valleys between the mountains.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Huascar\u00e1n National Park protects this mountainous area, and has been on the UNESCO world heritage list since 1985. The spectacled bear, puma, mountain cat, white-tailed deer and vicuna are important indigenous species, but have all been heavily hunted in the past.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis image, acquired by Japan\u2019s ALOS satellite on 24 August 2010, is featured on the Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\nThe snow-capped mountains running through the centre of this satellite image are part of the Cordillera Blanca \u2013 or \u2018white range\u2019 \u2013 in South America\u2019s Andes. Even though they are part of the typically warm Tropics \u2013 the region of Earth surrounding the equator \u2013 the mountain range is high enough to be permanently covered in snow and ice.\n<\/p>\n

\nThere are hundreds of glaciers in this range, providing a major source of water for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The glaciers and snow-covered areas \u2018collect\u2019 rain and snow during the rainy season and slowly release it during the drier times of the year. Over the last decades, the glaciers have experienced major losses owing to climate change, causing a major threat to water supply during the dry season in the future.\n<\/p>\n

\nLocated near the centre of this image, Mount Huascar\u00e1n is the highest peak in Peru at 6768 m. The summit is one of the farthest points from Earth\u2019s centre, meaning it experiences the lowest gravity on the planet.\n<\/p>\n

\nNorth of Huascar\u00e1n, we can see an outlet glacier that meets another outlet from the Chopicalqui mountain to the east. Numerous blue glacial lakes are visible in the valleys between the mountains.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Huascar\u00e1n National Park protects this mountainous area, and has been on the UNESCO world heritage list since 1985. The spectacled bear, puma, mountain cat, white-tailed deer and vicuna are important indigenous species, but have all been heavily hunted in the past.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis image, acquired by Japan\u2019s ALOS satellite on 24 August 2010, is featured on the Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}