yahoonewsphotos: Vanishing glaciers of Peru In its heyday, the...

Chopicalqui mountain appears through clouds in Huascaran National Park in Huaraz, September 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)





The leading edge of the Pastoruri glacier is seen from along the Climate Change Route in Huaraz, September 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)





A view of the lake formed by meltwater from the Pastoruri glacier, as seen from atop the glacier in Huaraz, September 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)





Llanganuco lake, which is filled with glacial meltwater, is seen in Huascaran National Park in Huaraz, September 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)

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Vanishing glaciers of Peru

In its heyday, the Pastoruri glacier in central Peru, drew daily throngs of tourists packed into dozens of double-decker buses 16,000-feet (5,0000-meters) high into the Andes to ski, build snowmen and scale its dizzying peaks.

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