El Calafate, Perito Moreno Glacier | Wilderness and Beyond

Flamingos

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Slices of ice

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Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

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On the way to Perito Moreno Glacier

Walkway along the glacier

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Drinking mate with Gori

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Perito Moreno

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Welcome

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Silvia’s house in El Calafate

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Our tour guide, Silvia, graciously invited us to see her house that she has been building. It’s still a work in progress, but very cozy.

El Calafate

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Restaurant stop

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Our lunch stop before we enter Chile from Argentina. Sheepskin chair covers and lots of souvenirs.

Shopping

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One of the shopping areas in El Calafate

Parque sign

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El Calafate landscape

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Blue ice floating by

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Reflection

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Perito Moreno

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Perito Moreno

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Perito Moreno slices of blue ice

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The ice looks blue because the shorter blue lightwaves are able to penetrate the ice, whereas, the longer lightwaves of red and green are absorbed. The thicker the ice, the bluer, as you can see in these slices.

Perito Moreno

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Perito Moreno

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