Atacama desert, a 15 million years old desert, located in south America stretches over 1000 kilometers. Located between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, rises the most arid desert in the world. The Atacama desert is so dry that mountains of height 6,885 m have no glaciers, making them unique in the world. Studies have shown that the Atacama desert received no appreciable rainfall between 1570 and 1971, and some ancient riverbeds appear to have been dry for 12,000 years. The place is pretty cold despite being the driest desert and the temperature ranges between 0°C to 25°C.

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Perito Moreno is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the Argentinean Patagonia. Glacier is located in the Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina. It is one of 48 glaciers located in the Andes, near the limits between Santa Cruz province and the Chilean frontier. The glacier is 97 square miles (250 sq km) and measures 19 miles (30 km) in length. It measures 3 miles (5 km) wide with a total ice depth of 558 feet (170 m). The deepest part of the glacier measures 2,297 feet (700 m). A huge glacier that is still moving and growing at the same time.

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