Los Cuernos, Southern Beech trees yellow, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

In late summer, a forest of Southern Beech (Lenga or Nothofagus) turns gold under Los Cuernos (the Horns) in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.

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In late summer, a forest of Southern Beech (Lenga or Nothofagus) turns gold under Los Cuernos (the Horns) in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.