With the United Nations holding its climate change conference in Paris, Getty Images photographer Mario Tama traveled to Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park, to capture images of the beautiful region, and of climate change in action. In Los Glaciares, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, most of its 50 large glaciers have been retreating during the past half-century due to warming temperatures, according to the European Space Agency.
A Trip to Los Glaciares National Park
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Read moreMonte Fitz Roy stands in Los Glaciares National Park, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on December 2, 2015 in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. #
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Read moreMonte Fitz Roy, right, in Los Glaciares National Park on December 2, 2015. #
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Read moreThe Spegazzini glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, on November 28, 2015. #
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Read moreThe Spegazzini glacier (left) and Heim glacier, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on November 28, 2015. #
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Read moreSpegazzini glacier empties into Lago Argentino, in Los Glaciares National Park on November 28, 2015. #
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Read moreIce calves from the face of Perito Moreno Glacier on November 27, 2015, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. #
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Read moreThe jagged surface of Perito Moreno Glacier, photographed on November 27, 2015. #
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Read moreIce calves from Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park on November 27, 2015. #
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Read moreMonte Fitz Roy stands in Los Glaciares National Park on December 1, 2015, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. #
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Read moreHorses stand outside Los Glaciares National Park in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, on November 27, 2015. #
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Read moreA river with glacial runoff flows outside Los Glaciares National Park on December 1, 2015. #
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Read moreAn iceberg broken off from a melting glacier floats in Lago Argentino, which holds runoff water from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on November 28, 2015. #
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Read morePerito Moreno Glacier stands above Lago Argentino on November 27, 2015. #
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Read moreA man poses for a friend with his jacket blowing in the wind, in front of Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, on November 30, 2015. #
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Read moreMelted glacial ice floats in Los Glaciares National Park on November 29, 2015. #
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Read morePeople view Perito Moreno Glacier from a platform on November 27, 2015. #
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Read morePeople hike on Perito Moreno Glacier, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on November 30, 2015, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. #
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