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Valley between steep bright red slopes streaked with green grass, a winding red track along the floor, framed by dark rocks and tussock grass under grey cloud. — El Valle Rojo: a jewel of colours in the Peruvian Andes Maxime Grandin

Video of a blue iceberg rolling over in grey water with a splash at the foot of a jagged white glacier front, with snowy dark mountains under cloud behind. — Calving aftermath at the Perito Moreno glacier Giulia Cozzani

Jagged granite peak glowing orange at its tip in the first sunlight, rising among snowy spires and low clouds above a dark forested valley, with the moon in a blue sky and a bare white tree in front. — First Light on Chaltén Giulia Cozzani

Towering blue-white glacier front with jagged pinnacles and dark diagonal bands in the ice, rising above grey water dotted with floating ice under heavy grey and pink clouds. — Structures of the Perito Moreno glacier Giulia Cozzani

Bright rainbow arcing over green hills with forest and rows of coffee bushes, above a sunlit pasture with a fence line, a parked pickup truck and farm buildings. — Campese's view, Andradas, Minas Gerais Tatiana Campese

Still blue high-altitude lake reflecting brown mountains like a mirror, with tufts of golden grass and stones on the rocky shore in front under a cloudless sky. — The Miscanti Mirror: Reflections on the Chilean Altiplano Tatiana Campese

Empty road running across a high arid plateau, edged by tufts of golden grass and green shrubs, towards snow-capped volcanoes under a deep blue sky. — Atacama Desert Trail Tatiana Campese

Small hiker in a blue jacket and hat standing on a grey rocky slope above a deep turquoise lake, with cloud shadows darkening the water. — Overlooking Laguna Sucia Giulia Cozzani

Rugged mountain with tilted, folded rock bands in brown and grey, its summit in cloud, above a turquoise lake, a winding stream, green meadows and a few small buildings. — Textures of the Andean Cordillera Marius Schulz

High mountain slope with grey scree and dark rock outcrops above a patchwork of yellow-green grass and grey bare ground, under white clouds. — Mosaic of Periglacial Textures Beneath Ausangate Katrine Trottier

Wetland of bright green cushion plants and golden grass threaded with winding pools of brown water, with a few white animals grazing in the distance. — Where Groundwater Threads Stitch Andean Bofedales Katrine Trottier

Pyramid-shaped rocky peak dusted with snow, with a pale scree slope at its foot and brown grassland in front, snowy summits beside it and white clouds above. — Where Glacier Retreat Reveals the Apu Katrine Trottier

Snow-covered rocky mountain peak wreathed in white cumulus clouds, with part of a rainbow-coloured halo arc in the blue sky above. — Halo above shades of white Samira Ellmer

Black-and-white view of a lone tree on a grassy hill, its trunk leaning and its whole crown swept sideways in one direction like a flag, under a cloudy sky. — Wind-blown: Flag-tree, Patagonia Merryn Thomas

View from a vehicle crossing a flat white salt plain patterned with cracks, with tyre tracks leading to a distant car, dark mountains on the horizon and storm clouds above. — Driving across the World's largest salt flat, Bolivia Merryn Thomas

Glacier descending from a rocky peak into a turquoise lake, framed by tree trunks and green southern beech branches on a steep wooded slope under a grey sky. — Serrano Glacier and Lake Manfred Vogt

Deep green valley with a white stream cascading along its floor between steep slopes, a footpath with small hikers on the left and jagged grey peaks under a blue sky. — Torres del Paine National Park Manfred Vogt

Three sheer granite towers rising above a rocky cirque with snow patches and a turquoise lake, under a clear deep blue sky. — Mirador Las Torres Base Manfred Vogt

Small pool of clear water bubbling and splashing up from a hole, surrounded by orange, brown and dark crusted ground with scattered pebbles and stones. — Bubbling Springs of Life Emma Rogers

Grey sandstone roadcut with blocky beds offset along an inclined fault, with a person in a white hat standing at its foot for scale beside a road. — Normal fault in sandstones Ambrosio Vega Ruiz

Aerial view of a deep, barren brown canyon in arid hills, with tilted and folded rock layers in its dark slopes and a pale dry riverbed winding below, under a cloudy sky. — Folded Early Cretaceous rocks in the Andean forearc Ambrosio Vega Ruiz

Close-up of buff and pinkish layered sandstone in which the beds are offset along a small fault, with a mechanical pencil for scale. — Mesoscale reverse fault Ambrosio Vega Ruiz

Two people working beside a geyser jetting white steam on a barren brown plain, with equipment and a cable reel on the ground and snow-dusted hills behind. — Revealing geyser dynamics at The Three Vicuñas Wouter Deleersnyder

Black-and-white infrared view of two people walking down a barren volcanic slope towards a wide plateau with dark lakes, under a nearly black sky. — Descent into the Caviahue caldera from Copahue volcano Jonas Kuhn

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