Cafayate Canyon

Cafayate Canyon
Originally uploaded by louise_parmenter.

This has to be one of the most impressive displays of what both minerals and weather can do to a sandstone landscape. Minerals: the red is iron; the green is copper; the yellow is clay; and the white is plaster. Weather: the rain softens the sandstone, allowing the wind to form interesting shapes; heavy rains cause the river to swell and form the canyons and their outlandish forms, including The Ampitheatre, The Castles, The Obelisk, The Devil´s Throat.

My words can´t do this stunning landscape justice – I`ll let the pictures speak for themselves.


DISTANCE TRAVELED SINCE USHUAIA: 7,258KM