From the Heights of Pintag

A nighttime walk on the edge of the paramo beneath the radiance of the full moon. The intense light of our night's sun was caught in the clouds and cast our shadows, long, upon the earth. Beyond these illuminated clouds were the stars, bright in a cold, clear sky. In the distance below us, on the dark silhouettes of faraway mountainsides and clinging to the shadows of the valleys shone the lights of Quito, Cumbaya, Tumbaco...shivering in the distance.