Sunset, Provincia de la Pampa, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, August 12

the is my first post of the day... i just completed a 1675km drive from buenos aires to bariloche across the argentina provinces of buenos aires, la pampa, rio negro, and neuquen... argentina is a huge country, the distances are vast and empty, the sky is endless, and the vistas are stunning... this foto was taken last evening along ruta 5, provincia de la pampa (la pampa province highway 5), about 40km east of the city of santa rosa... (and, yes, as i've already confessed, i'm a sucker for sunset and sky pictures...)



bariloche has had a significant amount of snowfall over the past several weeks... however, the ambient temperature tends to hover just around and above freezing which means that they've also had a significant amount of rain... arriving this evening in a cold rain and stiff wind wasn't exactly the cheery welcome i would have wished for... at altitude, on the mountains surrounding the area, the snow is deep and the edges of all the crags are rounded in white... it's an amazingly beautiful part of the world... more photos soon when, hopefully, the sun decides to make a cameo appearance...

p.s. it's hard to see in the sized-down version above, but, if you look carefully at the extreme center right-hand portion of the photo, you can just barely see the silhouette of a windmill...

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