Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: wilderness

A bit cheeky! Cerro Torre in Argentine Patagonia.....a place that blows me away! Sorry to be a bit slow..left handed typing as my right is still painful and in a large plaster cast! My thumb joint was destroyed by arthritis. The orthopaedic surgeon removed a bone, drilled another bone, re-routed a Tendon, and removed a ganglion. It is sore and is in a cast for 6 weeks, then a splint! Wishing everyone safety..,Covid is insane at present. Sending hugs and best wishes...Diana

Medney Island. Russia....Kamchatka. This is an uninhabited island, with just tundra, wildlife, and an old demolished village.

In the foliage near the shore line. Bering Island. Kamchatka, Siberia. I almost walked on the poor thing.....it just sat there to be photographed!

Kamchatka bear. Olga Bay. Eastern Siberia. Salmon spawning season. This is a remote, uninhabited stretch of coast. After a zodiac landing I had walked about 10 kilometers in welington boots along a beach covered in bear footprints, then through a forest and river. We were about to turn back when this bear came along the shore, entered the river, and started fishing, about 15 meters away.

The 'nuts' burst into balls of fluffy kapok, which used to be the material with which mattresses were stuffed. Northern Territory, Australia

Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). Central Australia. Walking into a gorge in these ancient, arid rocks. The human figures give an idea of scale.

Wild camels. Central Australia......a common sight in very remote areas. These feral pests are descended from escaped Afghan cameleer herds in the days [1860's] when camels were imported to transport good into remotest Australia. There are now about 6 million of these destructive pests in Australia. White settlers introduced rabbits, foxes and goats....previously not here...now also feral pests in their millions, along with millions of feral cats, descendants of house cats...... They are all through the désert and remote lands. These animals all wreak havoc with the land and decimate native animal species.

Chilean Patagonia, near Queulat....and the wonderful glacier.

Alerces National Park. Argentine Patagonia

Argentina. Patagonia

Bolivia Altiplano. Nor Lipez region. At 4500 meters. No signs of any habitations anywhere remotely nearby!

Central Australia