As springtime arrives in the Andes, winter snow melts to provide an important water source for local communities.
Published Oct 20, 2020
Free of vegetation, the gray and white lava-covered peak of the Ubinas Volcano looks like it could be on the Moon or some other extraterrestrial body in this detailed true-color image from July 24, 2010.
Published Feb 6, 2011
As the end of Southern Hemisphere winter approached, snow painted the Andes Mountains.
Published Sep 20, 2015
A panoramic view of South America from the Atacama Desert in the Andes to the Atlantic Coast is captured in this astronaut photo from April 26, 2010.
Published May 17, 2010
This depiction of an area south of San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina, was the first Shuttle Radar Topography Mission view of the tallest mountain chain in the western hemisphere.
Published Jun 19, 2001
An astronaut on the International Space Station captured this view of the river valley that contains the famed Pan-American Highway.
Published Jun 27, 2016
Every austral winter in the central Andes, fresh snowfall covers and fills the gaps between mountaintops that have more permanent snow and ice.
Published Aug 11, 2018
Colors ranging from deep brown to stark white give New Zealand’s South Island its intense beauty. The snow-capped Southern Alps run down the northern shore of the island. The mountains are rising as the Pacific Plate, the section of the Earth’s crust that holds the Pacific Ocean, including parts of New Zealand’s South Island, sinks beneath the Australia Plate, which holds the rest of New Zealand.
Published Dec 22, 2007
