geology
Cerro de los Siete Colores, Purmamarca
Folded bands of coloured sedimentary rock form a low, varied skyline behind Purmamarca.
The story behind the place
The Cerro de los Siete Colores rises behind Purmamarca in Jujuy’s Quebrada de Humahuaca. Its colours belong to layers of sedimentary rock, exposed across slopes and ridges rather than arranged as seven equal stripes. Their appearance changes with daylight and the season. Looking across the whole profile reveals how folds, erosion and neighbouring slopes make a much more varied landscape than the hill’s familiar name might suggest.
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