Even at great distances from their source, tsunami waves can grow by being focused and steered by underwater ridges.

Glacial lakes appearing bright blue in color can be observed in Patagonia by the Andes Mountains and the border between Chile (west) and Argentina (east). The lakes are, from top to bottom, Lake O’Higgins/San Martín (the former name is used in Chile, the latter in Argentina), Viedma Lake and Argentino ...

Visible at the center of this orthorectified image is Maipo, a stratovolcano in the Andes, lying on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located 90 km south of Tupungato and about 100 km southeast of Santiago. Maipo retains a symmetrical, conical volcanic shape, unlike many of the other ...

A massive fire in national park Torres del Paine has shocked Chilean netizens, who have expressed their concerns, anger, sadness and hope that it will soon be controlled. "Torres del Paine" and #salvemostorresdelpaine have been used to inform and comment this disaster on Twitter.

One man is killed as dozens of wildfires spread through southern and central parts of Chile during a heat wave.

Here’s the eruption seen from NASA MODIS: This visible image was taken on June 8 at 18:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. EDT) by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. The plume from the Puyeh...

NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters 11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano this week. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Park in the And...

Last Saturday, May 28, a new massive protest took into effect against the Hidroaysén hydroelectric project, that unlike other marches, had a festive and familiar atmosphere. What is it that brought so many people to the streets for so many days? And why has Hidroaysén caused such an uproar in ...

After the approval of the construction of the Hidroaysén hydrolectric power station in the Aysén region of the Chilean Patagonia on May 9th 2011, there have been many protests around the country. Netizens have been using social media networks to share and spread information on the demonstrations.