The 69,930-acre (28,300-hectare) Copahue Provincial Park, on the eastern border of Chile, is home to prehistoric araucaria forests, vast prairies, snowy Andean peaks, picturesque lakes, and lunar-like landscapes of rock formations, shown here. The park sits in the massive collapsed caldera of Copahue volcano.
Stark, cold, wet, and windy, Patagonia is home to unique creatures with adaptations that help them thrive in an unforgiving region of climatic extremes.
Patagonia's landscapes of breathtaking peaks, towering glaciers, open pampas, and blue-green fjords invite the world's adventurous travelers to come and play.
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis calls Brazil a "land of the 10,000 senses." Find out what he means in this collection of photos of the largest nation in South America.
