RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Wind blowing across lake and through grass, Torres del Paine NP, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Tatio geysers in highlands, near San Pedro, Northern Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Looking down onto Altiplano near the Chile / Argentina border, San Pedro de Atacama Desert, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Looking down on Salar Pujsa, near San Pedro de Atacama, North Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Llaima volcano smoking, Conguillo NP, Southern Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Monkey puzzle trees {Auracaria sp} and Southern beech {Nothofagus sp} Nahuelbuta NP, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Vicuna {Vicugna vicugna} grazing in Atacama desert, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Paine Mountains in mist, with lake and fire bush {Embothrium} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Looking down onto Altiplano near the Chile / Argentina border, San Pedro de Atacama Desert, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Smoke billowing out from Llaima volcano, Conguillo NP, South Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Gaucho and horse herding sheep, Cerro Castillo, Patagonia, South Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Salar de Atacama landscape with pool and salt flats near San Pedro, N Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Gaucho and horse herding sheep, Cerro Castillo, Patagonia, South Chile, South America

Tui De Roy / Chilean woodchip pile, enormous piles taken from native forests dockside awaiting shipment to Japan, Puerto Montt, Chile

Colin Monteath / Blue icebergs at sunset in Lago Grey, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Lenga Beech (Nothofagus pumilio) ice-covered leaves, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) courting couple at nest in tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) nesting on tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) nesting on tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Mark Moffett / Tarantula (Theraphosidae) underside with retracted fangs can be seen at top of frame, Chile

Tui De Roy / Romanche Glacier tumbling into Beagle Creek, Patagonia, Chile

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) portrait, superbly adapted to high Andean desert environment, Lauca National Park, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Road through Salar de Atacama, Atacama desert, Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Validivian temperate rainforest in Alerce Andino National Park, South Chile, South America

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Salar pujsa, dust devil, Atacama desert, Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Villarica volcano smoking Chile, South America

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Logged forest, Strait of Magellan, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Clouds over granite peaks in spring, Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Rainbow over Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Granite peaks in spring, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Peaks, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain range and pre-andean shrubland, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sunrise over lake, Sarmiento Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Rain clouds over coastal mountains, Puerto Natales, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Salto Grande waterfall along the Paine River, Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Cuernos del Paine above Pehoe Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Sunlight on Torres del Paine above Grey Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Iceberg in Grey Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Matthias Breiter / Icebergs in Grey Lake with Grey Glacier in background, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Colin Monteath / Clouds over Cuernos del Paine at dawn, Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Clouds over Cuernos del Paine at dawn, Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Kevin Schafer / Marine Otter (Lontra felina) grooming in kelp bed, Chiloe Island, Chile

Roberto Rinaldi / Vineyards in the fertile Elqui valley in the middle of the Andes, Chile. ^^^Elqui Valley stretches from the Indian Ocean to the Argentinean border in the north of Chile.

Roberto Rinaldi / Vineyards in the fertile Elqui valley in the middle of the Andes, Chile. ^^^Elqui Valley stretches from the Indian ocean to the Argentinean border in the north of Chile.

Roberto Rinaldi / Boats moored at Puerto Williams harbour, the departure point for many yachts sailing to the Antarctic Peninsula or Cape Horn, Chile.

Roberto Rinaldi / The Elqui valley in the middle of the Andes has arid mountain sides but the valley itself is very fertile, Chile. ^^^Elqui Valley stretches from the Indian ocean to the Argentinean border in the north...

Roberto Rinaldi / A fish stall at the fish market in Coquimbo, Chile

Roberto Rinaldi / Elqui valley in the middle of the Andes, Chile. ^^^Elqui Valley stretches from the Indian Ocean to the Argentinean border in the north of Chile.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Nacreous clouds, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Nacreous clouds, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cuernos del Paine peaks showing bands of granite and darker sedimentary stratum, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cumulus and lenticular clouds lit by evening sun over lake, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Dawn on Isla Gordon, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range at sunset, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Winfried Wisniewski / Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Entrance to Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile