30 kms long, 70 metres high with an area of 200 square kms Perito Moreno is simply amazing. It's the smallest of all the glaciers at the National Park but is the most famous. As we came around a bend in the bus, people simply gasped at seeing it for the first time. A 4 km long wall of ice that shoots 200 metres down into the icey turquoise waters of Lake Argentina.We took a boat ride which brought us within 200 metres of the wall but the proportions of distance and size are simply lost. You feel like you could almost reach out and touch it. It moves forward 1-2 metres a day but then loses a metre off the wall as blocks of ice break off and splash into the water creating quite a spectacular photo opportunity!The intenal grinding and cracking sounds of the ice are a little eerie and unnerving. Ale stood on the viewing platform with his camera primed for ages waiting for 'tragedy' to strike. He was visibly excited every time we heard the cracking sounds only to miss his opportunity when he turned to take a photo of Sofia eating an Oreo bickie. Oh the tragedy of it all.There's obviously so much internal movement that you can't see but it's a reminder that this ice monster is alive and well.
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