Spiny succulent alpine plant, Los Glaciares National Park, El Chaltén, Andes, Argentina.

A spiny succulent alpine plant grows on the Loma del Pliegue Tumbada trail in Los Glaciares National Park near El Chaltén, in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. 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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Contained in galleries: ARGENTINA: Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia 2020 & 2005

A spiny succulent alpine plant grows on the Loma del Pliegue Tumbada trail in Los Glaciares National Park near El Chaltén, in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. 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.