Argentina: Land of Silver | Galleries
it's pretty flat here
a pretty treed section of the Ruta 40
Rio Atuel
canyon walls
one of three dams we saw in the canyon
okay we won't go straight ahead
lake transport
beach on the other side
the bath tub ring is visible here
mirador view
another viewpoint
looking back at the lake and the dirt road
islands in the reservoir
a third mirador
on arch on top
reminds us of Utah's parks
a little Grand Canyon colour thrown in
ahead of us
he was checking us out
DSCN3776 the view when the rocks got really interesting
cool rocks
and across the road
another curious bird
different walls again
we head back down to the river
lots of unusual coloured formations
a toadstool formatoin
a wall of colours
nice view
closer up
contrasting rocks
rock creatures right out of star wars
the river again
one of two hydro electric stations we drove through
as we begin to reach the end of the canyo
still lots of colour in the rocks
now these are really strange
still new formations
other side of the third dam
much more water in the river on this side
even more formations
this is really really weird
almost looks manmade
stacks of pancakes
a ridge sticks out all of a sudden
now a white stripe
patches of cactus
growing out of the rock wall
another river view
the El Nihiul reservoir
creative garbage cans in the town
entering El Nihuil - the Devil's Throat
Devil's Throat
top of the cactus at the mirador
View down the canyon from the mirador where we're parked
another canyon view
looking toward town
the mirador below us