23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
Chromatic Vents
This aerial image captures the Sol de Mañana thermal field in southern Bolivia, showing bubbling mud pots, steaming fumaroles, and cratered earth swirled with minerals. Vibrant hues of blue, red, yellow, and white blend together, created by volcanic minerals, sulfur, and geothermal action at nearly 4,900 meters altitude. Rising steam and fractured textures add to the bizarre, otherworldly look of one of the world's highest geothermal zones, deep within the remote Altiplano of Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 07.2025 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2025 |
| Photo Location: | Bolivia |
| Camera: | FC4370 |
| Copyright: | © Alexandre Brisson |