Meandering through Patagonia May 30, 2020

Meandering through Patagonia

Squiggling east from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, the mighty Santa Cruz River in Argentina"s Patagonia region flows over some of South America"s sparsest terrain. Over the centuries, some of history"s most notable explorers have been drawn to the winding waterway: Ferdinand Magellan"s 1520 expedition discovered its coastal delta, and Charles Darwin (on the same voyage that took him to the Galápagos Islands) studied the area"s ecosystem during a grueling 1834 side trip up the river. Even now, very few settlements exist along the 240-mile course of the Santa Cruz, considered the last major free-flowing river in Patagonia.

© Coolbiere Photograph/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 30, 2018‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
May 30, 2019A day to celebrate the sun
May 30, 2021Who s hiding in the kelp?
May 30, 2022Memorial Day
May 30, 2023Playa del Amor, Marietas Islands, Mexico
May 30, 2024Everglades National Park marks 90 years
May 30, 2025Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
May 30, 2026Plains zebra foal in Etosha National Park, Namibia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 23, 2025World Meteorological Day
Feb 28, 2018Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
Jun 17, 2026Tremola Road on the Saint Gotthard Pass in Airolo, Switzerland
Sep 14, 2021Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
Sep 23, 2018Ahh-tumn
Mar 4, 2020A different kind of dive
May 10, 2022Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Apr 4, 2018Mexican giant cardon cactus
Jun 23, 2019Adorable activism
Jun 9, 2024Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Spain
Mar 27, 2020Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
Jan 14, 2024Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
Feb 10, 2018Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
Jan 10, 2024Take the Stairs Day
Jul 7, 2021Back on the rise
Dec 9, 2022Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
May 7, 2023World Laughter Day
Dec 15, 2020A bridge that rocks
Apr 29, 2025Formal garden at Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
Jul 13, 2024International Rock Day
Feb 22, 2019A rest stop for the birds
Oct 7, 2025Fall colors below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado
Apr 20, 2023Juniper Springs, Florida
Oct 25, 2021Dyavolski Most
Aug 21, 2022International Lighthouse Weekend
Sep 4, 2022Arambol Beach, Goa, India
Jul 13, 2022International Rock Day
Apr 21, 2026European hedgehog, France
Dec 1, 2023Antarctica Day
Aug 21, 2019Look before you leap