Storm over the Sierra de Aconquija
by Mitch D'Arcy
A local thunderstorm developed above a catchment in the Sierra de Aconquija, in the southern Central Andes of Argentina. These thunderstorms occur suddenly and dramatically, and trigger debris flows in the mountain range that flow out catastrophically into the basin where we were working.
Taken on 26
February
2016
Submitted on 7 Feb 2019
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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