A view from the bridge installed to prevent damage to vegetation. The Perito Moreno glacier, which is still growing, and a rather interesting phenomenon occurs at regular intervals: the glacier front is faced with a strip of land, which has the effect of creating a plug in the two nearby lakes. However, the lake on the left (when looking at the glacier front) usually falls in the right. Out if it is clogged, the water level rises, thus pushing the ice cap. Water seeps under the ice, biting, digging and ending with a gallery, which expands fast enough, the passage of water. An arch of ice is then formed at the top with the remaining ice, which will take a few days to collapse... a spectacular event!
Panorama made of 3 x 12 photos taken on the 18 February 2011.
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Back in El Chalten, we will observe the only glacier still increasing, the Perito Moreno. UNESCO decided to include this glacier in its World Heritage List of UNESCO, under the Natural Heritage of Humanity. It's a glacier with a front 4Km, peaking at 60m high, one of the few advancing glaciers in the world of almost 100m a year...
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 18 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : Second chronopanorama made : 3 Morphing panoramas revealing a beautiful sunrise on Cerro Torre. This time we got up to 6:00 to be there around 6:3°, and enjoy the changing colors in the sky, through 'the blue hour', then the dominant well-marked red on the tops and the coulds... A treat !
Panorama made of 3 x 3 x 13 photos taken on the 17 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : Fitz Roy Trek: We reach our campsite De Agostini, we plant the tents and then we go along the moraine to see the Great Glacier and the Cerro Torre closer...
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 16 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : Trek Fitz Roy: We continue our way through the woods, suddenly, the forest thins, and we are seeing in the distance a beautiful slender summit, Cerro Torre!
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 16 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : Fitz Roy Trek: After watching the sunrise, return to camp to enjoy a hot breakfast and dismantling tents, all in the backpack... A break in the river, the time to make a panorama...
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 16 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : Chronopanorama first performed: 3 Morphing panoramas revealing a sunrise quite cloudy, so less impressive than they should have been, with dominant red tops... Early morning sunrise (4:00), for a 4:30 departure. After a fairly rapid rise, we are at the point of view to 5:30, too early, knowing that the sun rises at this time and in this latitude until about 7:00... This will teach us to read!
Panorama made of 3 x 3 x 13 photos taken on the 16 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy : After collecting our bags hidden in the rocks, we continue to walk to the camp Poincenot. In the evening we watch the sun play with the clouds and peaks of Fitz Roy...
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 15 February 2011.
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Trek Fitz Roy :Fitz Roy Trek: The trail goes pretty far from what we discover the first glacier. We decide to hide the backpacks in the rocks (we are in complete autonomy, and our bags are between 15Kg and 22kg... ) and to continue the approach of the glacial lake a little lighter... Arrived near the lake, we are dealing with an icy wind, wind from the glacier and were well cooled...
Panorama made of 3 x 13 photos taken on the 15 February 2011.
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