SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA NATIONAL PARKS, COLOBIA

Rising in great tidal waves to the southeast of Santa Marta, the rugged Sierra Nevada is the planet´s largest coastal massif. Reaching an altitude of 18,946 feet just 29 miles from the sea, this free-standing vertical wilderness is also one of the highest ranges in the world from base to summig. Sunlight glints on the glavier-capped peaks of Pico Cristobal Colon and Pico Simon Bolivar, wich together from Cerro Horqueta-one of  Colombia´s talles mountains.