Aerial view of snowy peaks of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain), Peru

Aerial view of snowy peaks of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain), Peru

© Jude Newkirk/Amazing Aerial Agenc

Over the Rainbow Mountain. Rainbow Mountain

Even to the huge bummer that is glacial melting, there are bright sides. The radiant colours of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain) might have gone unseen had rising temps not melted the peak's glacial caps. Rainbow Mountain's streaky sediment layers, multicoloured like a wildflower bloom, were revealed in 2015. Since then, it's become the most visited natural attraction in Peru's lofty Cusco region.

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