Patagonia - Words can't do it justice, so I wont even try

I could wax poetic about the beauty of Patagonia for hours, but it’s been done before and by those more articulate than myself. Instead I will let the pictures speak for themselves, and spare everyone copious uses of words “breath taking”, “spectacular”, and “incredible”.

Perito Moreno Glacier

On the boat getting up close to Perito Moreno glacier02-Dec-2010 12:41, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 8.0, 7.493mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100 View at Picasa	Fall, chunks of ice…FALL!02-Dec-2010 13:15, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 8.0, 10.701mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa
The surface area is as big as the city of Buenos Aires02-Dec-2010 14:38, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 7.1, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	Sometimes when this opening gets blocked, water builds up on the otherside until the ice dam fails… apparently is amazing02-Dec-2010 15:03, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 6.3, 10.701mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa

Torres Del Paine

What we should have seen04-Dec-2010 10:02, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 6.3, 12.845mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	Normally this peak is covered by clouds. We were lucky.04-Dec-2010 14:13, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 5.0, 12.845mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa
Hiking towards Glacier Gray05-Jan-2011 06:05, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 7.1, 12.845mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa	Moment of contemplation after a difficult first day05-Jan-2011 11:36, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 4.0, 8.557mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa
View from Mountain Pine Lodge06-Jan-2011 07:04, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 4.0, 12.845mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	Crazy winds create water sprays = rainbows06-Jan-2011 08:23, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 5.0, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100 View at Picasa
On the way down with our newly aquired walking sticks07-Jan-2011 04:12, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 6.3, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa	You can actually see the gusts of wind moving across the lake07-Jan-2011 07:58, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 6.3, 9.636mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa
Hmmm… not much a view08-Jan-2011 20:33, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 2.2, 6.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	The local patagonian fauna09-Jan-2011 05:48, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 4.9, 22.5mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 200 View at Picasa
4:30am, hiking up the Mirador in the snow to get a sunrise view of Los Torres08-Jan-2011 19:57, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 2.0, 6.0mm, 0.067 sec, ISO 800 View at Picasa	Behold the snowy sunrise!08-Jan-2011 21:14, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 5.6, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa

Fitz Roy

View of Fitzroy from teeny El Chalten13-Jan-2011 04:31, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 5.6, 18.189mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	Lovely path through the marshy bits14-Jan-2011 03:05, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 5.6, 8.557mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa
Yeah, Fitzroy is no big whoop14-Jan-2011 01:59, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 8.0, 22.5mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 View at Picasa	This was the safest way up to the snow…14-Jan-2011 22:24, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 3.2, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa
We found a rope on the way back… much safer14-Jan-2011 23:48, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 8.0, 6.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa	Okay one more shot, let's make it ridiculous15-Jan-2011 00:27, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 8.0, 6.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 125 View at Picasa
Sunrise, at last!14-Jan-2011 21:24, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 4.0, 6.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 160 View at Picasa	Getting up close and personal with Glacier Blanca15-Jan-2011 08:55, Canon Canon PowerShot S90, 7.1, 6.852mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100 View at Picasa

2 Comments

gonetoguam says:

11 January, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Yup, pretty ridic. I’m estimating that these pictures do the place justice to the tune of, say, 7%.
I got a postcard yesterday that looks exactly like one of your pics! (Perito Moreno) Only took a month to come, ha! Thanks, guys!
sabrina says:

26 June, 2011 at 10:47 am

amazing!!!! this is on my to go place in the next 2 years for sure!!!