Perito Moreno

This glacier in particular is the reason most people visit the region. It is the most awesome thing I have ever seen in my life more so than the waterfalls of Iguazu. Probably because it is such an alien experience. Although we had already seen some huge glaciers on a boat trip this was completely different and amazing. What makes it so powerful is it´s size and the fact that it comes right up to a penninsula of land from which one can observe it. I spent 5 hours there watching it and you feel it inching towards you. It´s descent is experienced predominantly through the thunder like cracking sound that resonates around the valley. This is accompanied by the constant shedding of ice from its edges. Sometimes these drop offs are immense making a lot of noise and sending waves rippling through the lake. Its jaggedy surface covers a huge area and stretches for miles off into the clouds like some sort of wierd alien tracks.