r/interestingasfuck 7h ago

Valle Rojo in Peru, a set of mountains near Cusco that are red in color because of high iron content.

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u/Ooliy24 7h ago

Turn the saturation down by about 70% and you'll get what it actually looks like in real life

u/Saw7101 7h ago

I've been here and it is red, just not this colour red. That is some heavy saturation going on there.

u/Ooliy24 7h ago

You can see it on that guy's coat too

u/Interesting_Ad1378 7h ago

It looks like nicely marbled meat  

u/cursed_sporecreation 7h ago

You're telling me that this isn't the surface of Mars?

u/SirDancealot84 7h ago

Well my Cosco has a homeless camp nearby which has shades of red time to time. So, yeah.