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Hallelujah Mountains
Location Information
Location	Pandora
Residents	Mountain Banshee Na'vi Great Leonopteryx (possibly)
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Avatar

The Hallelujah Mountains (Na'vi name: Ayram alusìng meaning "Floating Mountains")^[1] are floating islands that circulate slowly in the magnetic currents like icebergs at sea, scraping against each other and the towering mesa-like mountains of the region. On Pandora, huge outcroppings of unobtanium rip loose from the surface and float in the magnetic vortices due to the Meissner Effect.^{[citation needed]}

The entire area is sacred to the Na'vi, which poses a problem for the humans who have come to mine them for their mineral wealth. In any case, most detection instruments are useless amidst the large magnetic fields. The mountains float like clouds among the fixed mountains and swirling cloud structures. When they are in clear sunlight they cast distinct shadows on the land below. The mountains are home to the Ni'avwe, the first Na'vi clan.

They are overgrown with foliage at the top and straggly beards of vines hang down beneath the mountains like the roots of air-ferns. Their sides are sheer cliffs. Waterfalls, originating on the mesa-like tops, stream down the sides and disperse into spray at the bottoms, like upside-down geysers. The mist then condenses on other floating mountains and flows over the side and disperses, renewing the process over again. The local peaks and mesas actually project above the level of the craggy undersides of the few floating mountains Jake Sully can see, so it seems obvious that collisions are inevitable. The mountains also bear a similar appearance to the Chinese Huang Shan^[2] Mountains. James Cameron said that it was the Huang Shan mountains that inspired him to create the Hallelujah Mountains, which would explain the similar appearance.^[3] It is also the place that Norm Spellman wants to visit the most on Pandora - his wish is fulfilled when Grace Augustine decides to move her avatar program operation to the region when she realizes Jake is being manipulated by Quaritch.

The Hallelujah Mountains are also where mountain banshees choose to roost. This location makes the final challenge on the path to becoming a Na'vi hunter (known as Iknimaya) even more difficult and dangerous, as the route taken to the top of the mountains is treacherous. One wrong move will send a candidate plummeting to his or her death. The danger of wild mountain banshees is also present.

TriviaEdit

• On January 25, 2010 in China, hundreds of locals in ethnic Tujia costumes "officially" renamed the Qiankunzhu mountains after the Hallelujah Mountains as a tribute to Avatar.^[4]

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