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Post Category → Chile

Last Hope Rainbow, Chile

posted in Chile, Pic du Jour on August 7, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

The remnant of an early morning rainbow over the Seno Ăšltima Esperanza, or Last Hope Sound, not far from Puerto Natales, Chile, in southern Patagonia.

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Dark-bellied Cinclodes, in Patagonia

posted in Birds, Chile on August 4, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Foraging at the edge of a glacier-fed lagoon.

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Imperial Cormorant, in Chilean Patagonia

posted in Birds, Chile on July 28, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

A dozen images of the Imperial Shag in the southernmost reaches of the Americas.

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“Werken”: Bernardo Oyarzun’s Mapuche Messenger

posted in Art, Chile on July 9, 2017 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

The video below is “Werken”, an installation by Bernardo Oyarzun in the Chilean Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. It consists of 1500 masks made by 40 artisans from the country’s Mapuche indigenous group, Chile’s largest.

Crested Caracara

posted in Argentina, Birds, Chile on July 28, 2014 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in Argentine Patagonia.

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The World’s Most Beautiful Cemeteries – Punta Arenas, Chile: a Tour in 19 Photos

posted in Chile on September 25, 2013 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

About a year and a half ago, CNN correspondent Bruce Holmes came up with a list of 10 of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries. Purely by happenstance I visited two on his list within 13 days of one another; the second of the pair, the municipal cemetery in Punta Arenas, Chile, just 15 days before his… Continue reading →

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