Natural - Chile
These images entail the natural terrain and flora (outside the parks) during 2 months of the early summer season, of 14 of the 15 regions of Chile. From Punta Nuevo on the Inutil Bay in the Magallanes region, northward to Volcan Ollague in the Antofagosta Region, and then NW to the coastal city of Iquique in the Tarapaca Region (my final day in South America, after almost 7 months).
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Lago Verde (foreground and beyond) - here amongst the Chilean bamboo (Chusquea culeou), caña coligüe or colihue, an evergreen bamboo endemic to Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ecoregion - here amongst the southern beech trees and volcanic rock outcrops - northern General Carrera province - Aisén region.