On the flat straight Ruta 40 travelling through the endless steppe of Patagonia in Argentina

Dense forest at the foot of giant granite rock walls, Valle Cochamo

The famous Carretera Austral, Patagonia Chile

Vertical rock faces of Torres del Paine in dramatic evening light

Partial black and white composition of red autumn leaves. Lenga tree in Patagonia

The arrival of autumn brings snow and fog to the mountains of Reserva Jeinimeni, southern Chile

Grass with early morning frost at the moment when the first rays of sun appear. Minutes later the ice was gone.

Graphical photo of autumn forest, Cerro Castillo National Park in Patagonia

Fog, clouds and reflections. A rainy day in Alerce Andino National Park. Lake Sargazo.

Red autumn leaves of a lenga tree (Nothofagus pumilio) against the deep blue sky, Patagonia

Shades of mountains with gray rain clouds, Puyuhuapi Chile

A small creek flowing through the enchanted forest at Queulat National Park in Patagonia, Chile

Lenga leaf (Nothofagus pumilio) covered with frost. Autumn in Patagonia.

At the crater rim of Chaiten volcano. The trees were destroyed by the pyroclastic flow during the 2008 eruption.

The colors of autumn. Red Lenga leaves in front of impressive rock castles in Cerro Castillo National Park

Aerial panorama of Chaiten volcano crater with rhyolite dome, Pumalin park, Chile

Enchanted forest. Patagonian temperate rainforest at its best in Queulat National Park, Chile

Aerial photo of glacier Pared, Northern Patagonian Ice field, Chile

Porcelain orchid (Chloraea magellanica) at Torres del Paine national park, Chile

Panorama of the Fitz Roy massif and Laguna Sucia, Los Glaciares Argentina

Incredible granite landscapes of Caleta Brecknock, Tierra del Fuego

Glaciar Grande and Cerro Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, El Chalten Argentina

Perfect reflection of Cerro Torre in a lagoon, Los Glaciares in Argentina

Moss dominates the vegetation of rainy Isla Madre de Dios, Patagonia Chile

Hikers enjoying the view from a mountain at Garibaldi Fjord, Beagle Channel Chile

Sunrise at Cerro Torre and Lago Torre, parque nacional los glaciares, Argentina

Massive waterfall of meltwater emerging from Romanche glacier, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini

Coloane Bay at the Beagle Channel is surrounded by amazing mountains and glaciers.

Wild pristine and uninhabited rocky Pacific coast of Chiloe Island, Chile

Spectacular sunrise at Torres del Paine National Park, Cuernos in orange light

Amazing forest with rocks and trees overed completely in moss, Valle Cochamo Patagonia Chile

Fractured glacier surface: Holanda glacier in the Beagle Channel

Reflections in a pond at Pia Fjord, Tierra del Fuego Patagonia Chileuego

Yacht Icebird sailing along the glacier front of Pia fjord, Tierra del Fuego Patagonia

Granite dome of Cerro Trinidad, Valle Cochamo in Patagonia Chile

Limestone erosion caused by very high rainfall, Isla Madre de Dios, Patagonia Chile

Colorful leaves of Chilean hard fern (Blechnum chilensis), a common plant of Patagonia

Capilla de Marmol, Lago General Carrera in Patagonia Chile

Pia Fjord and Cordillera de Darwin, northern arm of Beagle channel in Tierra del Fuego Chile

Kayaking at the base of a glacier in Pia fjord, adventure at Tierra del Fuego Patagonia Chile

The Nothingness of the ocean. Gray sky and gray Pacific near coast of Patagonia in Chile

Exploring the temperate rainforest of Isla Madre de Dios. High rainfall cause extremely thick moss growth.

Limestone formations of Isla Madre de Dios, Patagonia Chile

Erosion of Limestone caused by constant strong wind and extreme rain, Isla Madre de Dios

Dense forests of Chiloe with the typical Meli trees (Amomomyrtus meli), Chiloe National Park

Wild untouched nature of Pia Fjord, Tierra del Fuego Chile

Marshes and wetlands, typical vegetation on Isla Madre de Dios, Patagonia Chile

Sailing the Beagle Channel with dark clouds and bad weather ahead

Amazing forest of mosses in temperate rainforest of Cochamo Valley, Patagonia Chile

The typical view of the still mostly unpaved Carretera Austral, Patagonia Chile

Cuernos of Torres del Paine and lago Pehue in morning light

Several hundred different species of moss (Bryophyta) are growing in Patagonia

Two years after the erruption of volcano Chaiten, the burned forest slowly starts to recover, Patagonia Chile

Bad weather and dark clouds in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Chile

Sailing yacht Icebird anchoring in a bay of the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Chile

Coigue forests of Isla Madre de Dios, lime stone mountains

Vertical rock wall of Cerro Trinidad, Cochamo Valley in Patagonia Chile

Wet brown colored autumn leaves of Nothofagus on forest floor in Patagonia, Chile

Detail of beautiful mystic waterfall, Valle Cochamo, Patagonia Chile

Mountains of French Valley, Valle Frances, Torres del Paine in Chile

Green mushrooms (Hygrocybe psittacina), Cochamo valley in Patagonia

Amazing moments of light in the mountains of Cochamo valley, Patagonia Chile

Incredible granite formations at Caleta Brecknock, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Creek with rocks in native forest of Valle Cochamo, Patagonia, Chile

Dramatic clouds over the temperate rain forest of Cochamo Valley after rain