Andy Lee’s Patagonia Dreaming: Infrared Photos of Chile’s Mountains
Granite towers wrapped in ribbon-like cloud, horses grazing under vast rock walls and lakes the colour of ink: UK-based photographer Andy L...
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South America: Mountains & Wild Landscapes
Explore South America's mountain scenery, glaciers and wild landscapes through stories and outdoor photography. Browse Chile, Argentina and Peru, then continue into the wider climbing and hiking collections.
Chilean Horse Rescue: Rafael Pease Digs a Mare Out of Andes Snow
Rafael Pease went into the Chilean Andes to ride fresh powder on his 21st birthday. Instead, he spent the day digging a starving mare out o...
Patagonia Photo Guide: Perito Moreno, Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy, Penguins
Patagonia spreads across the southern tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, and packs more drama into one region than most co...
Perito Moreno Glacier Calving: Jakub Polomski’s Living Ice Photographs
Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth you can watch at work. Its ice front rises an average of 74 metres above Lake Argentino i...
Chilean Patagonia Fjords: Channels, Glaciers and How to Travel the Coast
South of Puerto Montt, Chile's coastline breaks apart into one of the most intricate mazes of water on the planet. Fjords cut deep into...
17 Latin American Landscapes from Hubert Ngan’s Eight-Month Journey
Blue glacier ice, a salt flat turned to a mirror, Inca terraces in the clouds and white dunes full of rainwater. Photographer Hubert Ngan s...
Ushuaia, Argentina: Beagle Channel, Mountains and the End of the World
Ushuaia, the capital of Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province, sits on a bay of the Beagle Channel with the snow-streaked Martial Mountains...
Jakub Polomski’s Patagonia: 8,000 km Through Chile and Argentina
In February 2014, Polish landscape photographer Jakub Polomski spent a month driving the length of Patagonia, from Santiago in Chile to Ushu...
Ventisquero Colgante: Queulat’s Hanging Glacier in Chilean Patagonia
High above a valley in Chilean Patagonia, a mass of ice hangs between two mountains and pours its meltwater down a sheer rock wall. This is...
Five North American Ski Areas: Taos, Jackson Hole, Revelstoke and More
Five North American ski areas stood out for the 2014–15 winter, each with something new on the mountain: fresh lift-served terrain in New Me...
Anton Balazh Relief Maps: Nine 3D Views of the World's Mountain Ranges
Anton Balazh, a graphic artist from St. Petersburg, builds 3D renders of Earth that look like photographs taken from orbit. Nine of his rel...
Thierry Cohen’s Darkened Cities: World Skylines Without Light Pollution
What would Paris, New York or Hong Kong look like under a truly dark sky? French photographer Thierry Cohen answers with Villes éteintes (...
Scenic Bike Rides Around the World: From Angkor to the Salar de Uyuni
A bicycle is the perfect speed for travel: fast enough to cover real distance, slow enough to smell the jungle around a Khmer temple or feel...
Seven Legendary Ski Destinations, from Chamonix to Palisades Tahoe
Some ski destinations are famous for more than their snow. Chamonix, Las Leñas, Hakuba, Alaska’s Chugach, La Grave, Jackson Hole and Palisad...
Iceberg Flips Over near Upsala Glacier, Argentina: Video and Facts
A huge blue iceberg in Argentina’s Lago Argentino, close to the Upsala Glacier, suddenly rolls over in front of a tour boat, lifting a fres...
International Border Photos: 22 Frontiers from Norway to the Korean JSA
Some borders are walls and gates; others are a strip of cleared forest, a white line across a café floor or a statue on a mountain pass. The...
Lightning Photography: 7 Strikes from Ikaria to Eyjafjallajökull and Paris
Lightning lasts a fraction of a second, but a camera on a tripod can hold it still. These seven photographs catch it at two erupting volcan...
Twelve Winter Landscapes: Lake Louise, Perito Moreno, Karakoram and Alps
Snow, ice and glacial meltwater turn mountains, lakes and even buildings into some of the most striking winter scenes on Earth. These twelv...
Frozen Waterfalls Around the World: 22 Ice Falls and Hierve el Agua
When a deep cold settles in, waterfalls turn into columns, curtains and cones of ice, often while water keeps running underneath. From the ...
7 Mountain Swimming Pools with Alpine, Andean and Icelandic Views
There are few better ways to end a day in the mountains than floating in warm water with snow-capped peaks on the horizon. These seven moun...