<p>A hiker traverses the rocky landscape of <a href="https://torresdelpaine.com/atraccion/parque-nacional-torres-del-paine/" target="_blank">Torres del Paine National Park</a>. Located in southern <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/south-america/chile/" target="_blank">Chile</a>, the park was named a <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/chile/torres-del-paine/" target="_blank">UNESCO Biosphere Reserve</a> in 1978 and is home to four different ecological environments: Pre-Andean scrubland, deciduous Magellan forests, the Patagonia Steppe, and the Andean desert.</p>

A hiker traverses the rocky landscape of Torres del Paine National Park. Located in southern Chile, the park was named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and is home to four different ecological environments: Pre-Andean scrubland, deciduous Magellan forests, the Patagonia Steppe, and the Andean desert.

Photograph by Jānis Miglavs, Aurora

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