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7450

Mountains, Rocks, Sand and Ocean.

The western slope of the Peruvian Andes rapidly falls from heights of over 4000 meters to meet the
Pacific Ocean. These are young mountains, still growing. Gravity tries to pull them back down as
they reach upward, and the ocean cuts away at their bases. Mountains turn to rocks, rocks to
sand, and the ocean sweeps all away.

March 2004


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