Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia
The clouds around Mount Fitz Roy are illuminated by the moon and stars. Located in Patagonia's Southern Ice Field on the border between Chile and Argentina, Fitz Roy is called Cerro Chaltén, or “smoking mountain,” by locals, as its summit is often capped by clouds.
Photograph by Jordi Busque, Nat Geo Image Collection

Week's Best Travel Pictures: Feb 19

Get your dose of outstanding travel photos. This week: Visitors hang prayer flags near the home of the Dalai Lama, and clouds illuminate an iconic peak in Patagonia.

Published February 8, 2010