Lenga / Nothofagus / Southern Beech leaf color, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina.

Lenga (Nothofagus, or Southern Beech) leaves turn red, gold, and yellow in late summer and fall, in Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, 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. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

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Lenga (Nothofagus, or Southern Beech) leaves turn red, gold, and yellow in late summer and fall, in Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, 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. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.