Mountain lions in some cases amaze us by showing up in not likely places, like a backyard shed, an avocado tree, or a dam. But have you ever seen a mountain lion on an iceberg? Luis Alejandro Acharez has, and he took some pretty unbelievable photos so the rest of us can see it, too.
Acharez is a wildlife photographer in Patagonia. Mountain lions live throughout this vast region in South America, which includes parts of Argentina and Chile and spans from the Pacific to the Atlantic. There is an especially big concentration of pumas in Chile’s Torres del Paine National forest.
A variety of environments make up Patagonia– from deserts to glaciers. Patagonian pumas can endure the area’s severe winter seasons, and they can also swim. So, often, obviously, you’ll discover one on an iceberg. To those of us in the United States, who are used to seeing mountain lions in a much various environment, it’s an unexpected sight.
Acharez took these particular photos in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. He’s published them several times on his Instagram profile, and he included them in his book, which celebrates this lovely corner of the world through photography.
See Acharez’s pictures of a mountain lion on an iceberg here:
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