Friday, 27 November 2015

Mount Roraima Looks Like It's Straight Out Of The Movies, But It's Entirely Real

This is probably what comes to mind when you picture a mountain -- triangular, snowcapped peaks piercing the sky. Flickr / Adarsh Thakuri But Mount Roraima is about to change that notion. The flat-faced tepui, or tabletop mountain, spans three countries' borders in South America: Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. From afar, it might not look particularly impressive... Wikimedia Commons / Paolo Costa Baldi But upon closer inspection, the 1,300-foot cliffs are quite breathtaking. Flickr / M M A photo posted by Planet (@lonelyplanetfriend) on May 25, 2015 at 12:17am PDT Roraima is part of Canaima National Park and the tabletop...

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