Friday 6 March 2015

A Visit to Perito Moreno Glacier

I visited Perito Moreno Glacier as a day trip from El Calafate. While the weather was not the greatest for taking photos, it was still fascinating to observe the front face of a calving glacier from up close. The front face towers about 75 m high out of the water. While mostly white, given that it was cloudy, some crevasses and fissures were an iridescent blue. Small and large pieces of ices would occasionally crash down into the grey water below. Quite a spectacle to watch.

The Perito Moreno glacier extends 30 km up to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and is one of only 3 in Patagonia that is growing.

 The glacier's advancing front face.

Boom!