Panorama Photo

I like very much this new style of panoramization on the fly, be it at a bus stop in München or at a border post in the middle of the Andes. Also a reassuring information for the casual shooter like me, now that I see tripods and NPAs used also to photograph subjects at 100 km or more distance. Maybe there is a future also for such a casual shooter??
I wonder whether what is seen at 90° is really the Ruta 27 to Paso Jama. If this were the case, I would understand very well the definition given me by a Chilean truck driver (now retired): "un infierno de tierra", so he defined, when asked, both Paso de Jama and Paso de Sico.
But I thank you especially for showing such a clear view of the Sairecabur, which should be one of the highest spots in the world that can be not only reached, but even traversed (!!) by bicycle: check pikesonbikes.com/traversing-sairecabur Please do no spread too much this information, since as for now it seems to be known truly to a restricted audience, and it would be nice if things could remain such.
I remember few years ago the traverse from the south end of the Carretera Austral to El Chaltén, via boat on Lago O'Higgins, then pushing the bicycle up the track of the Portezuelo de la Divisoria, then again by boat on the Lago del Desierto, being known only to "authentic pioneers"... now those boats carry maybe 30 bicycles a day!
Another question about volcanoes. Do you know whether among the summits that one guesses left of Sairecabur there is also, maybe half-hidden, the Volcán Putana? If you know the meaning of this term in Italian (and in Spanish it is not much different) you will realize the reason of my funny curiosity...
A very last observation to end my cumbersome and boring comment. I am literally amazed to be the first among nearly 50 people to react to a work of such beauty and information content. Be understood that I do not like much the scientific Bewertungology which I see periodically resurrecting here - especially when it even reveals a zealous, yet unrequested, effort of monitoring and judging other people's habits.
However, faced with a case like the present one, I feel a fear growing... The fear is whether also these platforms are going to follow the behaviour of many other ones, where an object (be it an image or a climbing/ski/cycling report, or anything else) is appreciated only if the sensation awakened is of the type "Well, this is beautiful a beautiful work AND/BUT I have the chance to go and to do the same by myself tomorrow".
Cheers, Alberto.

Als Wüstenliebhaber muss ich erst einmal meine Begeisterung über diese großartig öde Gegend äußern. Um dann eine Bemerkung über die Segnungen Europas loszuwerden: Bei aller Nörgelei über ein paar sozialisierte Euro hin oder her ist doch die Einrichtung freier Grenzübertritte eine schon nach wenigen Jahren nicht mehr gebührend wertgeschätzte historische Errungenschaft. In den allermeisten Gegenden der Welt ist das anders und man muss wie hier beschrieben lange warten (selbst bei Einreise in den Oman um Mitternacht über eine Stunde an der Kasse fürs Visum, und da gab es nicht so eine tolle Aussicht zur Ablenkung wie hier). VG Martin

Alberto, thanks a lot for your huge comment. I am happy to answer all your questions, I hope I get it all together.

The road that can be seen at 90° is indeed the Ruta 27. However, I can not confirm completely the words given by the Chilean truck driver. The section of the Ruta 27 following the intersection with the B243 coming down from Laguna Verde has been modernized with good asphalt recently. For me it looked like a nice downhill road for a bycicle, and for the truckers there are lots bracking lanes on the side (in case the brakes give up to work...).

Regarding Sairecábur: Thanks for the great link! I promise I will not spread it widely. By the way, the mountain right of Liancabur, Cerro Toco (pano 16497), can almost be reached by car, since there is a space observatory on it.

When I searched for mountain labels I crossed peakfinder.org, there the Sairecábur is labelled as Cerro Volcán Putana, which I think is wrong. Where the real Putana is located I cannot tell you, an information like this is usually not spread over the open internet ;-)

On my GPS I recorded Putana at 5890 m, -22.558, -67.8531. I strongly believe it to be the vaguely white summit at little less than 42° in your image. If I click on it, Udeuschle sends me very close to my coordinate. (Maybe he censored the name??)
In www.panoramio.com/photo/3905544 (which I found by the way) you see Putana left and also, very well, the little valley hosting the N track to Sairecabur.
On my GPS I recorded Putana at 5890 m, -22.558, -67.8531. I strongly believe it to be the vaguely white summit at little less than 42° in your image. If I click on it, Udeuschle sends me very close to my coordinate. (Maybe censorship eliminated the name??)
In www.panoramio.com/photo/3905544 (which I found by the way) you see Putana left and also, very well, the little valley hosting the N track to Sairecabur.

I have labeled it (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putana_Volcano ).

Die paar sichtbaren Zivilisationsspuren wirken verloren in der großartigen Einöde. Interessant finde ich auch die Geländestrukturen in der Mitte unter dem Sairecabur. LG Wilfried

Great...
Such a label will enormously boost popularity!!

Geniale Landschaft ... der Höhenzug lädt ja gerade zu einer 5000er-Überschreitung mit Zelt und Kocher ein ;-)!!! Bin begeistert von der Vielfalt der Eindrücke dieser Reise ...

Herzliche Grüße
Hans-Jörg

Total exotisch, dort könnte man einen science fiction Film drehen. LG Fried

Licht und Landschaft gehen hier wirklich eine wunderbare Symbiose ein. Du hast den lästigen Zwischenstopp fotografisch optimal zu nutzen gewusst.
Herzliche Grüße, Matthias.

Spitzenmäßige Beleuchtung einer einzigartigen Landschaft. Die feinen Grüntöne, die in der Vordergrund reingemischt sind, wissen auch zu gefallen. VG Peter