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Patagonia 2010

Big trip of 2010 part 2 was to Patagonia. Started with 2 nights in Buenos Aires, then flew to El Calafate in Patagonia. Spent the night there, next night in El Chaltén, then back in El Calafate for the Perito Moreno Glacier. The next morning we took the bus to Chile to trek the "W" in Torres del Paine National Park. It was a truly spectacular journey, hope you enjoy the pics!

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Falkland Islands war memorial with the English Tower in the background, Buenos Aires. Botanic Gardens kitteh, Buenos Aires. Evita Museum, Buenos Aires. Recoleta Cemetery, Beunos Aires. Recoleta Cemetery, Beunos Aires.
Cemetery kitteh, Buenos Aires. Recoleta Cemetery, Beunos Aires. Duarte Family mausoleum in the cemetery (Evita's grave), Buenos Aires. Even BA has hipsters, though this guy has way too many gears on his bike, Buenos Aires. Floralis Generica, Buenos Aires. It opens and closes with sunrise/sunset!
Trees in Buenos Aires. Flamingos in Laguna Nímez, El Calafate. Laguna Nímez, El Calafate. Cinereous Harrier, El Calafate. Mating/Fighting Harriers, El Calafate.
Cinereous Harrier, El Calafate. Black Faced Ibis, El Calafate. Flamingos on Lago Argentina, El Calafate. More flamingos! El Calafate. Flamingo flying near the sun, El Calafate.
Flamingos in Laguna Nímez, El Calafate. Cerro Torre (left) and Cerro Fitz Roy (right) on the road to El Chaltén. Cerro Fitz Roy, El Chaltén. Cerro Torre, El Chaltén. Top of Cerro Torre, ice mushroom visible, this adds insult to injury in attempting to summit.
Laura and Anne in front of the Cerro Torre. A Torrent Duck near Laguna Torre. Laguna Torre and Cerro Torre. The three of us at Laguna Torre. The Cerro Torre.
Cerro Torre and Torre Glacier. A Huemul, the endangered South Andean Deer. (camera was not set correctly, sigh) A Huemul, the endangered South Andean Deer. (camera was not set correctly, sigh) Cerro Torre in B&W. Sunrise on the Cerro Fitz Roy, from El Pilar.
Cerro Fitz Roy and the Piedras Blancas Glacier. Glaciar Piedras Blancas. The Fitz Roy range. Cerro Fitz Roy. The Fitz Roy range.
Wait, where's the trail? Hiking up to Laguna de los Tres. Cerro Fitz Roy, sometimes called The Smoking Mountain because of this characteristic cloud. Lagos Madre, Hija, Capri, and Lago Viedma in the distance. Laguna de los Tres, frozen over, in front of the Cerro Fitz Roy. Cerro Fitz Roy.
Another summit in the Fitz Roy range. Another summit in the Fitz Roy range. Fitz Roy glacier hanging off the edge of the cliff. We got run out of there by horribly cold blowing snow. Hiking back down.
Ice in the magenta sun. Fitz Roy and dead trees. Fitz Roy in the cloudy afternoon. Fitz Roy in the cloudy afternoon. This is puma country!
Fitz Roy again. A Magellanic Woodpecker (huge), pecking at that wood. Magellanic Woodpecker (male). Magellanic Woodpecker (female). Valley north of El Chaltén.
The Perito Moreno Glacier in the morning. Perito Moreno Glacier, too large for anything but the fisheye! Perito Moreno Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier. Mini-trekkers on the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Laura and Anne at the glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier. All three of us at the Perito Moreno Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier, note the tiny specs of trekkers. Crampons!
Crevasse on the Perito Moreno Glacier. Anne staring into a big crevasse on the Perito Moreno Glacier. Our guide exploring the crevasse. And climbing back out. Laura and Anne on the glacier.
Laura and Anne on the glacier. That was the deepest blue I had ever seen in my life. Hiking on the Perito Moreno Glacier. Our lunch spot on the Perito Moreno Glacier. Looking back toward the accumulation zone of the glacier.
Andean Condor above the glacier. Dead trees at the Perito Moreno Glacier. Scotch on the rocks, glacial ice that is! Mmm... scotch on the (glacier) rocks. Perito Moreno Glacier.
Perito Moreno Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier. Heading into Chile, inclement weather approaches. Rainbow over Lago Sarmiento, Torres del Paine National Park. A Ñandu or rhea, Torres del Paine National Park.
Guanacos. One of these is not like the others... Creek next to Refugio Chileno, Torres del Paine National Park. Short glimpse of sunlight on our first (and very rainy) day in Torres del Paine. Sunrise on Day 2, Torres del Paine National Park. Sunrise on Day 2, Torres del Paine National Park.
Sunrise on Day 2, Torres del Paine National Park. Torre Central, from the viewpoint of the Torres. The three Torres del Paine. Me at the Torres. Beautiful Day 2, heading to the Refugio Los Cuernos, Torres del Paine National Park.
Lenticular cloud formations, Torres del Paine National Park. Torres del Paine National Park. Lago Nordenskjöld, Torres del Paine National Park. Wind gusts developing on Lago Nordenskjöld, Torres del Paine National Park. Milky Way and Jupiter over the Cuernos range.
The Milky Way, the southern cross, the Paine Grande Massif, and Venus setting below the clouds. The Cuernos (horns) of the Torres del Paine National Park. Hiking up the French Valley in awful weather. The back of the Cuernos, Torres del Paine National Park. Paine Grande Massif and the French Glacier.
The French Glacier. Lago Pehoé in awful weather. Small pond next to the Lago Gray, looking south. Looking south along the Lago Gray. Lago de los Patos, with rapidly rising clouds about to give us a good sunset!
Clouds rising off the mountains. Lago Pehoé just before sunset. Finally some clearing skies! Clouds rising off the mountains at sunset. Sunset light on the clouds over the Paine Grande.
Paine Grande just after sunrise. The Cuernos. Lago Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park. The mountains of Torres del Paine National Park. Close up of the Cuernos.
Small lake next to Lago Pehoé. Sunlit mountain shadows. Small bird, Torres del Paine National Park. Sun over Lago Pehoé and the mountains. The Cuernos.
Paine Grande. Salto Grande, and rainbow! Torres del Paine National Park. Andean Fox, not scared of us... Andean Fox.
Aww, so cute. And finally running away. Guanaco. The Torres, as we were leaving. Pano of the park's mountains.

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Kevin Murphy18-Oct-2010 18:33
Beautiful gallery Jonathan! Thanks for sharing. V!
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