The Two Glacial Lakes of the Southern Andes (and our experiment with a Real-Time Community continues...)
This was a hard spot to reach!
It was quite a hike to get up here early in the morning, just as the sky was still in a dawn of deep blue. The two lakes on either side are those pure glacial blue lakes that you sometimes see from airplanes and wonder, "What's it like to be down there?" I'll tell ya - AWESOME! I went down there and drank from the lakes like a guanaco on holiday. It was incredible.
Now, a few days ago I started to "Connect the Community". There are so many clever and interesting people in the community, and I thought you should meet on another! Anyway, it's really taken off and people from the community are taking it in nice new directions - thanks!
It seems a great many of you are on Twitter, and many of us have created a "Stuck In Customs" group in Tweetdeck or Lists in Twitter. This enables me to sit there and watch/engage in a real-time stream of community activity. It's cool! I updated that post with a 4-step guide on the creation of this real-time community. It's very loosey-goosey... as any fun community is! Come in, engage, stay a while... drift off... create... come back and share... drift off... comon back... it's good and natural!
From the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Comments and faves
Matt Pasant, dazstudios, www.matthansenphotography.com, Mathieu Struck, and 250 other people added this photo to their favorites.
~ Aaron Reed ~ (43 months ago | reply)
This is a sweet location. Nice light on the peaks.
jk10976 (43 months ago | reply)
awesome
www.matthansenphotography.com (43 months ago | reply)
WOW! Any of us would be blessed to see this in our lifetime
-Snugg- (43 months ago | reply)
nice lighting
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Philerooski (43 months ago | reply)
Hey Trey, maybe it's just my computer, but whenever I go check out your blog, it ends up loading 20 or 30 days worth of posts. This really makes my internet lag, even scrolling is difficult.
Like I said, maybe it's just me, but I thought that I'd let you know.
atmtx (43 months ago | reply)
Breathtaking!
soumitra911 (43 months ago | reply)
Awesome !! Amazing !!
tara.m. (43 months ago | reply)
Wow I can only imagine how hard it was to climb high enough to get that shot. And with gear!
Anyway, I think the end result was worth it. Just fantastic!
dee_r (43 months ago | reply)
Imagine drinking out of the lake...wow...what a wonderful experience. Thanks for sharing it with us with this awesome shot.
MrLob (43 months ago | reply)
absolutely stunning!
Michael Lewis Glover (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot Trey! That must have been quite an experience, but well worth it!
ash2276 (43 months ago | reply)
A stunning capture!
The Nature Group
OldDogNewTrick (43 months ago | reply)
So well done.
I really appreciate these scenes and understand the amount of effort it takes to get to a spot like this.
Here is a similar one of mine. Two Lakes
(not HDR, but I wish it would have been)
mimbrava (43 months ago | reply)
The blues are fantastic, Trey.
It's great to be a member of the Twitter list. Thanks so much for creating the opportunity to connect with so many of your blog followers.
CJ Kern (43 months ago | reply)
I am always impressed and motivated by your work... amazing.
R.P. Piper [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Stunning..
susan_r4 (43 months ago | reply)
Oh wow! This is so gorgeous.....and crystal clear....I had to stare at it in the large size-quite the interesting trip you had!
Daniel Dunlap (43 months ago | reply)
neato!
jimgspokane (43 months ago | reply)
Wow!!!!
sunnykay1 (43 months ago | reply)
lovely
M@ Kadlick (43 months ago | reply)
I have to say that even with the billions of photos I've seen in my days, this is by far one of the best photos I have ever laid eyes on. I want to walk into this one so badly I can alsost feel the thin air in my lungs. That is simply incredible Trey.
Xindaan (43 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful landscape.
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Brandon Godfrey (43 months ago | reply)
WOW!! Beauty shot! Thanks for starting that thread on your site for twitter. =D
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¡TK! (43 months ago | reply)
man, you manage to squeeze every possible detail out of this one.. even the ones from those nearly blown out ranges in the background. this stuff amazes.
Zilch^^ (43 months ago | reply)
i need to get down there some day.
Marc Shandro (43 months ago | reply)
This one ought to get some good attention! Looks like we both have stood in the exact same magical place. There's a peak off to the right that we went part way up and would have been nice to go up much further, but there's only so much time to explore. As gorgeous as this photo is, it's still hard to convey the scale of the place.
lakewentworth (43 months ago | reply)
Just beautiful!
A.Alwosaibie (43 months ago | reply)
very very wonderful shot!!
Marcel Cavelti (43 months ago | reply)
Wow, fantastic scene!
ρrakaz (Digital Monk) (43 months ago | reply)
Awesome!! Congratulations on making it to the Front Page. You can access the FP screenshot here:
clipyourphotos.com/FP/screenshot/16396
And, here are more of your FP photos.
A.Alwosaibie (43 months ago | reply)
very wonderful shot!!
Toi-Vido (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful picture, beautiful colors well done
Greetings from Iceland
rasenkantenstein (43 months ago | reply)
excellent toning of the blues here. i like the hard contrast as well
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exenza (43 months ago | reply)
this is really good! not overdone!
Jon Ragnarsson (43 months ago | reply)
If I may quote Douglas Adams:
This is the kind of landscape that makes you want to burst out in spontaneous applause!
(P.S. thank you for posting it in full size, that kind of landscape deserves it )
Boris Mitendorfer Photography (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful landscape, Trey. Really incredible experience, to be here!
Dave DiCello (43 months ago | reply)
What a view, this is amazing
Roxxx.ana.Piela (43 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!!!!!:)
JR.PACELLI (43 months ago | reply)
valìo la pena el esfuerzo, una gran foto
Cliff_Baise (43 months ago | reply)
This is stunningly beautiful. So crisp and pure. Thanks for letting us vicariously tag along on your travels!
scuba_dooba (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful cold lighting!
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Arild Heitmann Photography (43 months ago | reply)
The scenery is just breathtaking...
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neilalderney123 (43 months ago | reply)
works for me Trey!
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markpaulandrews (43 months ago | reply)
Incredible scenery.. Just magnificent stuff.
let_it-be (43 months ago | reply)
ALWAYS great photos.
Milusa (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Aguamaniacos-Watermaniacs! (Post 1, comment 5), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Milusa (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SOLO PAISAJES Y ATARDECERES // ONLY LANDSCAPES AND SUNSET, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Milusa (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE BEST PICTURES OF REFLECTIONS //LAS MEJORES FOTOS DE REFLEJO, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Milusa (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Very Specials Pictures ( Admin Invited photo only), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
ßiggi (43 months ago | reply)
A-m-a-z-i-n-g!!!