This collections of photos wants to give an idea of the striking beauty of a region called Patagonia, that occupies the southest part of Chile and Argentina, until "the end of the world". You may view my images of the other segments of this journey at the following sites:

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/134682/index.html

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/134684/index.html

Type of journey: naturalistic. This trip lasted 19 days in December 2004 and January 2005, and covered the southern part of South America: we started from Santiago, flown to chilean Patagonia, where we visited Torres del Paine national park, sailed up for Balmaceda and Serrano glacier from Puerto Natales,visited Punta Arenas; then crossed the border to Argentina until Ushuaia. There we stayed the last day of the year, sailed the Beagle channel and visited the Lapataia bay; then we went to El Calafate, where we sailed on Argentino lake until the magnifecent Uppsala glacier and the sorrounding area; we visited also the Perito Moreno glacier and had a mini-trekking on it. Next stop Peninsula Valdez and Punta Tombo with their wide colonies of seals, sea elephant, sea lions and penguins. A short stop in Buenos Aires and then we've flown to Iguacu falls, where we found 38 degrees and a wonderful summer nature. At last we returned to Buenos Aires and then come back to Italy. The pictures of this trip are selected from almost 2,500 images I shot on this trip. This was my equipment: Nikon D70 camera; Zoom 24-120 AF VR Nikkor 1:3.5 5.6G; Zoom 80-400 AF VR Nikkor 1:4.5 5.6D; Zoom AF-s Nikkor 12-24 mm 1:4 G. I used only polarizing and UV filters. Photoshop was used to enhance some parameters, like contrast and sharpness and to create some special effects, as you can see in some pictures. I hope you will enjoy looking at them, and I look forward to receiving your comments. Plan of the journey: Italy - Santiago - Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine - Balmacedo and Serrano glaciers - Punta Arenas - Ushuaia - El Calafate - Perito Moreno glacier - Uppsala glacier - Peninsula Valdez - Punta Tombo - Buenos Aires - Iguacu falls - Buenos Aires -Italy. You can see a collections of other photos about my journeys, also in the PBase site at the address: http://www.pbase.com/arasetti