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Crossing the border into Chile en route to Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine.
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Crossing the border into Chile en route to Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine.

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  • To think that just 40 years ago, the water still ran clear... today, mass deforestation in Brazil has left the water of the Iguazu river silty and brownish green.
  • A unique ecosystem by the falls.
  • Anyone want to go swimming? Isla San Martin.
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  • Another butterfly!
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  • After a flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate, we took an afternoon trip to Glacier Perito Moreno. It's the third largest reserve of fresh water in the world and one of the only glaciers in the world that is growing.<br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • It's hard to imagine from the photo, but that glacier is ~75m tall at its front-edge. (on average 74m above water and 170m total to be precise)<br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • Look at the colors!
  • The advancing edge of Glacier Perito Moreno is 5km long. <br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • Icy glacier blue!<br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • It's huge!<br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • A guide told us that the ice advances a whopping 3m a day. Every so often as we watched, a seemingly small snowball of ice would break off and fall into the glacier, followed by a giant thunderclap-like sound a second or two later. Turns out those "small snowballs" weren't actually so tiny after all... <br /> <br /> (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • Anyone want to go for a swim?
  • (Because of craziness with color profiles, this photo viewed best (as of 2012/12/29) on IE9+ (no, seriously). Otherwise, you may not get all the colors.)
  • The Altiplano.
  • Dinner for two at Rick's, an "American"-themed parrilla in El Calafate. Think we ordered enough food?
  • Crossing the border into Chile en route to Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine.
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