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Travel Pictures - CHILE - 1995

All images © Ron Miller

Japanese-Brazilians who gave me a lift to the base of America's highest summit (snowcapped peak in background) -
Aconcagua, Argentina (near Chilean border)

Close-up view of the America's highest summit from base camp at 13,000 feet -
Aconcagua, Argentina (near Chilean border)
The beautiful Lake District and the Volcano Villarica - Pucon, Chile
If Disneyland were to make a ride featuring an active volcano, it would look like this -
Volcano Villarica; Pucon, Chile
Magnificent mountains, lakes, and forests that sport the unique Pehuen or "umbrella" tree -
Huerquehue N.P., Chile
The Pehuen trees are thought to have been around during the time of the dinosaurs, and they are covered with
dagger-like leaves designed to thwart the appetites of 80-ton herbivores - Huerquehue N.P., Chile
Central square in the city of Castro - Chiloe Island, Chile
Harbor at low tide - Castro, Chile
Entrance facilities and eager trekkers - Torres Del Paine N.P., Chile
Rheas, cousins to Africa's ostrich (and just as intelligent) - Torres Del Paine N.P., Chile
Trekkers hut (refugio) and psychedelic lake
(the color of the water is due to glacial silt) -
Torres Del Paine N.P., Chile
Glacier tongue from South America's Southern Icefield - Torres Del Paine N.P., Chile
The wind in Patagonia can be so violent that it actually lifts water up from the lakes! -
Torres Del Paine N.P., Chile

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