(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.