A Argentina

(Pictures from the 1995 expedition to western Argentina with M. Lavin, M.J. Sanderson, and M. F. Wojciechowski)

 

Rio Mendoza, west of Mendoza along ruta no. 7, with the Andes in background.

Near Puente del Inca, along ruta no. 7, Mendoza Province.

Near Los Penitentes, along ruta no. 7, Mendoza Province.

ML on the playa south of Barreal, along rutas no. 39/412, Valle de Uspallata, San Juan Province.

Hoffmanseggia, in gravel bordering the playa south of Barreal (above).

Cerro Aconcagua (6959 m) in the far middle background, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere, from Quebrada Horcones area, Parque Provincial Aconcagua.

Monkey-puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Kock) near Las Lenas, near the Chilean border, Mendoza Province.

MFW, Quebrada Horcones, Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza Province.

MJS, outside our "modest" accomodations in Buta Ranquil, on ruta no. 40, northern Neuquen Province.

 

Southern hemisphere "fjord" in the lake country west of Junin de los Andes, along ruta no. 234, Neuquen Province.

Adesmia lanata J. D. Hooker, along road to Chilean border west of Las Lenas, Mendoza Province.

Senor Martin, proprietor of the Hotel Tecka (the only one in town), Tecka, Chubut Province.

The endless expanse of northern Patagonia, near Paso de los Indios, along ruta no. 25, Chubut Province.

MJS and ML outside the Institut Darwinion, San Isidro, Buenos Aires.

Sunset on L. Nahuel Huapi, north of Villa Angostura, Neuquen Province.