28 November 2011

The mountains of Tierra del Fuego


Mountains loom over Ushuaia, pushing the town against the waters of the Beagle Channel. Some look as if they could be climbed on an easy stroll, others look like serious challenges, but the weather can make all excursions difficult.





[25 November 2011, Panasonic Lumix GH1, 100–300 mm at 300 mm, ISO 200, 1/250 at f5.6]

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4 comments:

Zhoen said...

You've gone off the edge of the real, this looks like a train model mountain, or a movie set mock-up. Too strange and extreme to be an actual landscape.

pohanginapete said...

Believe me, it's real, Zhoen. I'll probably be in among them tomorrow, and I'm hoping the weather will be better (still going prepared, though).

butuki said...

I'm assuming that this, for you, is an easy stroll?

pohanginapete said...

Miguel — ha! The sight of this one made me shiver. If there's an easy way up, it's certainly not visible from Ushuaia.
    I visited the park with a couple of new friends today, and did some beautiful, easy walks (and I mean easy by most standards). You'll love it here.