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A view toward El Peñón de Guatapé in Colombia. Our image captures a panorama of the Embalse Guatapé, a large reservoir dotted with forested islands in central Colombia. Rising in the distance is an icon of the area, the stone monolith known as El Peñón de Guatapé ('The Rock of Guatapé').

 

From this distance you may just be able to make out what looks like white laces running up the far right side of the monolith. That’s actually a staircase built into a gap in the rock, which holds some 649 steps from its base to its peak. From the top, the view across the reservoir and town of Guatapé is spectacular.