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The contrasting landscapes of the Patagonia Plateau in Argentina and southern Chile, with lush greenery, white glaciers, aquamarine lakes and brown arid steppes. The Andes Mountains form a natural boundary between the two South American countries and are responsible for the high contrast in landscape. The Patagonian ice field is the largest ice mass in the Southern Hemisphere containing more than 50 big glaciers all either going through cycles of retreats and advances or in static ‘limbo’.

Credit: European Space Agency.