View to the towers of Torres del Paine National Park, Chile


Torres del Paine National Park was created in 1959 and declared part of the international Biosphere Reserve Network by UNESCO in 1978. The Paine Massif is a small mountain system completely independent of the Patagonian Andes Range. It was formed 12 million years ago when granite pluton pushed through a crack in the Magellan's basin


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Location: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Photo credit: © Chris Howarth/Chile / Alamy / Afripics
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