- Cerro Torre - luvi
- Wow theres a face in the rocks! - dustinsapenga
- Amazing Reflections! :-) - alexosh1234
- Fantastic contrast between blurred and sharp ;-) and...what a fantastic place! - Centvrion
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This was shot in the final hours of daylight, near the southern tip of Argentina and the edge of Chile, just a glacier's throw from Antarctica.
In the morning, we woke up at 4:30 AM in -7 degree cold. I hardly slept 30 minutes the whole night. I was in a tiny 2-man tent with Yuri. The noxious fumes of our tiny prison reminded me, if you will, of the inside of a tauntaun that had spent its life consuming cognac and cigarettes. Furthermore, his snore had the sonorous bass and carrying power of a humpback whale with none of the beauty.
I started on one edge of these rugged peaks and moved around to this side, to get the view from the glacial lake. The spiked mountains there are Cerro Torre, and I was very lucky to see them without cloud cover. I understand they are covered up 90% of the time, so to have crystal clear air was fortunate. The glacier there, which presents on the right but really goes back behind many more mountains, is called "glacier grande".
I did a lot of other things this day too, including a 45-minute 1500-foot ascent up an icy trail that was not really a trail at all. Dima and Vulva (Vulva is one of the other Russian gentleman who joined us on the trip -- it's hard to pronounce with a strange V-W sound, but he seemed to respond when I called him "Vulva") went up the mountain with me in the pitch black, using only headlamps. I'll have more on that story later because it was pretty sketchy. But, alas, we were able to see Fitz Roy as the sun turned the tips pink. After that, we began the long additional 10km hike that brought us to this location. I stayed here watching icebergs float by until the last morsels of dusk remained.
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Jimbography ;-), alner_s, romvi, fotomassimo, and 2734 other people added this photo to their favorites.
The Lost American In America (50 months ago | reply)
1st!
Amazing shot as always! Really love those reflections!
alner_s (50 months ago | reply)
Super blue!!Great shot as always!!
Jimbography ;-) (50 months ago | reply)
now thats the life trey..:) going out there!
inspiring mate.
Steffen Be. (50 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
romvi (50 months ago | reply)
fantastic
FCO.RIVERA [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
Fantastic
fotomassimo (50 months ago | reply)
Superb!
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i.rashid007 (50 months ago | reply)
Outstanding capture Indeed !
jdnpics (50 months ago | reply)
Amazing.
klem@s (50 months ago | reply)
No Customs to Control this Beauty
Cea. (50 months ago | reply)
Amazing work, beauty next to unbelievable.
CláudiaM (50 months ago | reply)
Stunning work! Fabulous blue!
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Lars Kehrel (50 months ago | reply)
COOL
igalsc (50 months ago | reply)
stunning cool view, my friend
ShanLuPhoto (50 months ago | reply)
Wowww!! instant fave!
NikolaT (50 months ago | reply)
what a processing what a scene ... perfect work
dai oni (50 months ago | reply)
super blue
Entons (50 months ago | reply)
Great! Showing amazingly good the mood of the place.
Sash´s Kitchen-Studio Photography (50 months ago | reply)
unbelievable this blues
happy weekend, my dear
rodrigolab (50 months ago | reply)
WOW!
Ventura Carmona (50 months ago | reply)
Excelente imagen!!!
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Eduardo Dias Gontijo (50 months ago | reply)
This is simply incredible!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelieveble! Wonderful!
Congratulations, my friend!
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amazing image and nice reading.
have a great weekend , thanks for sharing :)
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sebilden (50 months ago | reply)
Wow superb awesome great shot !
vicky_paul (50 months ago | reply)
see i love the compo and the processiing but i feel its bit over done.
* Rhonda * (50 months ago | reply)
Wow.. amazing!
AMR J. ALGHAMDI.™ (50 months ago | reply)
So beautiful . . .
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mmatasic (50 months ago | reply)
Excellent! It's so surreal! Like it cam from some fairytale!
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theavonne (50 months ago | reply)
Tough life you having....
Y~L .... [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
i love this blue composition, so frozen !!!
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Paul Hood (50 months ago | reply)
Wow! Brillliant.
t1mp (50 months ago | reply)
amazing photo
jess hughes (50 months ago | reply)
Vulva... oh dear. You are truly in some interesting company. It might make for a good comic book story! This shot is phenomenal. The blues, the crystal clear water, the little ice float in the foreground... everything is just perfect. I'm blown away by your Argentina series!
Louis Laliberté Photographie (50 months ago | reply)
Wow.... Stunning blue!!! Love it
MikeSperlak (50 months ago | reply)
wow!
kimleephotography (50 months ago | reply)
Frodo, Gandalf? Are you sure you aren't in Middle Earth? Great shot and your descriptions keep me riveted. :-)
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matt-pearson (50 months ago | reply)
whoa
DerekBoston (50 months ago | reply)
yeah awesome Trey...
elleren711 (50 months ago | reply)
Oh Triple WOW!!! Trey this is so beautiful!
The Art of capturing... in and out.... (50 months ago | reply)
Getting closer to your goals, amazing!
scott1956 (50 months ago | reply)
Kimleedesigns beat me to the Middle Earth impression; what a wonderful shot and interesting description of your travel companions!
Bob Oakville (50 months ago | reply)
Okay--I withdraw my offer to carry your gear. 1500 foot in any direction is a bit much and I won't even get into the mental picture I draw with the 3 of us in the 2 man tent. Everything is now off the table.
ps: AWESOME click!
I am Frank. (50 months ago | reply)
bella.................
luisouvi (50 months ago | reply)
Is this real? incredible
TVGuy (50 months ago | reply)
just incredible... what colors! stay warm!
wonknuts (50 months ago | reply)
i lucked out with a perfect view of the cerro torre as well! but i too have heard its barely visible... i know a guide who for 3 years hadnt seen the peak! perfect shot mate.
✪ danny_kino (50 months ago | reply)
absolutely gob smacking
FriendofLight (50 months ago | reply)
Incredible image! Very surreal. Love the chunk of rock or ice in the foreground.