Cowboy rounding up cattle
Clouds shielding mountain peaks
Neon signs illuminating a busy street
Couple dancing in front of diners in a restaurant
Laundry hanging from a rope in front of a colorful home
Changing of the guards at a memorial
Cars parked along a narrow road
Children playing soccer outdoors
Mountain climbers navigating snowy ground
Men and horses pausing below mountains
Ice formations jutting up in a high mountain valley
An elephant seal pup resting on top of its mother
A young girl wearing several cowboy hats
Muddy waters rushing over a long line of falls
Mountains rising behind a girl in a bright red dress
Cars driving past an obelisk
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Argentine GauchoIn the nearly two centuries since winning independence from Spain, Argentines have turned a million square miles of grassland, mountains, deserts, and tropical forests into one of the world’s richest nations. Argentina’s first gauchos, or cowboys, were cavalrymen who fought in the civil wars that scourged the country for almost 50 years after independence. Now they’re seen as reminders of a more chivalrous past.
Photograph by Aldo Sessa/Getty Images

Argentina Photos

See photos of Argentina (including Buenos Aires, the Pampas, gauchos, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

November 05, 2009

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