A glacier in southern Chile, from the air.

We came across these skunks crossing the road.

These are the towers.

A nandu. There is a little squiggle over the first N, so the pronunciation is like nyandu.

Stand and deliver! I happen to know this is the Lupin Express.

Kevin and Sandra.

Los Hornos del Paine.

Ice that has broken off from the glacier in the background. This was right outside our hosteria.

Flamingos

Near Puerto Natales there is this cave where a milodon was found. Along with mastodons and sabre tooth tigres, milodons were giant mammals that became extinct 10,000 years ago.

Pete, Marianne, and Gordon went to see the penguins. Kevin and Sandra were tired and stayed in Punta Arenas.

Above the city of Punta Arenas.

Next we see a sculpture/compass in Punta Arenas, Chile, the southernmost continental city in the world, at 53 degrees south latitude. That's why the South Celestial Pole is 53 degrees above the southern horizon. In Chicago the North Celestial Pole is 42 degrees above the northern horizon. That is proof that we live on a spherical Earth. (Image by Jose Luis Prieto.) In case you're interested, the southernmost city in the world is Ushuaia, in the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, a degree and a half further south.

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