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The very dark skies at the Somuncura Plateau, Rio Negro. Showing part of the Milky Way and the Magellan clouds over "La Azul" lagoon. Taken on a moonless night it was so dark you couldn't see a hand in front of your face. The brownish reflection at the lagoon is the opposite part of the milky way that was at my back...
La Azul is a volcanic lagoon at the Somuncura Plateau in Rio Negro, Argentina. The lagoon is in the middle of the crater of an extinct volcano and acts as a reservoir of water. The panorama shows the North/West rim of the crater lit by the first rays of sunlight.
A side profile of the Somuncura Plateau. Cerro Puntudo at the left (the pointed one) and Cerro Corona at the right (the one shaped as a crown). In the middle other smaller volcanic cones. All these volcanos are extinct and around 1500 meters high. The base altitude is 800 meters. The total absence of vegetation is expl...