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In the fading light of the savannah, silence stretches across the plains.
A cheetah waits — unseen but ever-present — the heartbeat of the wild slowed to a whisper.
She is shadow and wind, a breath between stillness and pursuit.
To witness her like this is to understand that even speed has its quiet moments.
This is grace before the storm.
Most of Southeast Alaska is considered a rain forest anything that can support an ecosystem becomes one.
A Desert Park
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Joshua Tree National Park is immense, nearly 800,000 acres, and infinitely variable. It can seem unwelcoming, even brutal during the heat of summer when, in fact, it is delicate and extremely fragile. This is a land shaped by strong winds, sudden torrents of rain, and climatic extremes. Rainfall is sparse and unpredictable. Streambeds are usually dry and waterholes are few. Viewed in summer, this land may appear defeated and dead, but within this parched environment are intricate living systems waiting for the opportune moment to reproduce. The individuals, both plant and animal, that inhabit the park are not individualists. They depend on their entire ecosystem for survival.
Two deserts, two large ecosystems primarily determined by elevation, come together in the park. Few areas more vividly illustrate the contrast between “high” and “low” desert. Below 3,000 feet (910 m), the Colorado Desert (part of the Sonoran Desert), occupying the eastern half of the park, is dominated by the abundant creosote bush. Adding interest to this arid land are small stands of spidery ocotillo and cholla cactus.
The higher, slightly cooler, and wetter Mojave Desert is the special habitat of the undisciplined Joshua tree, extensive stands of which occur throughout the western half of the park. According to legend, Mormon pioneers considered the limbs of the Joshua trees to resemble the upstretched arms of Joshua leading them to the promised land. Others were not as visionary. Early explorer John Fremont described them as “…the most repulsive tree in the vegetable Kingdom.”
Standing like islands in a desolate sea, oases provide dramatic contrast to their arid surroundings. Five fan palm oases dot the park, indicating those few areas where water occurs naturally at or near the surface, meeting the special life requirements of those stately trees. Oases once serving earlier desert visitors now abound in wildlife.
The park encompasses some of the most interesting geologic displays found in California’s deserts. Rugged mountains of twisted rock and exposed granite monoliths testify to the tremendous earth forces that shaped and formed this land. Arroyos, playas, alluvial fans, bajadas, pediments, desert varnish, granites, aplite, and gneiss interact to form a giant mosaic of immense beauty and complexity.
As old as the desert may look, it is but a temporary phenomenon in the incomprehensible time-scale of geology. In more verdant times, one of the Southwest’s earliest inhabitants, members of the Pinto Culture, lived in the now dry Pinto Basin. Later, Indians traveled through this area in tune with harvests of pinyon nuts, mesquite beans, acorns, and cactus fruit, leaving behind rock paintings and pottery ollas as reminders of their passing.
In the late 1800s cattlemen came to the desert. They built dams to create water tanks. They were followed by miners who tunneled the earth in search of gold. They are gone now, but they left behind the Lost Horse and Desert Queen mines and the Keys Ranch. In the 1930s homesteaders came seeking free land and the chance to start new lives. Today many people come to the park’s 794,000 acres of open space seeking clear skies and clean air, and the peace and tranquility, the quietude and beauty, only deserts offer.
The life force is patient here. Desert vegetation, often appearing to have succumbed to this hot sometimes unrelentedly dry environment, lies dormant, awaiting the rainfall and moderate weather that will trigger its growth, painting the park a profusion of colors. At the edges of daylight and under clear night skies lives a number of generally unfamiliar desert animals. Waiting out daytime heat, these creatures run, hop, crawl, and burrow in the slow rhythm of desert life. Under bright sun and blue sky, bighorn sheep and golden eagles add an air of unconcerned majesty to this land.
For all its harshness, the desert is a land of extreme fragility. Today’s moment of carelessness may leave lasting scars or disrupt an intricate system of life that has existed for eons. When viewed from the roadside, the desert only hints at its hidden life. To the close observer, a tiny flower bud or a lizard’s frantic dash reveals a place of beauty and vitality. Take your time as you travel through Joshua Tree National Park. The desert provides space for self-discovery, and can be a refuge for the human spirit.
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Usually I don't post photos that are this poor in quality, but they document a nice encounter. I was diving alone and started out at around 80' where the water was crystal clear, However, as I worked my way up to the level reef, visibility dropped to around 15' horizontal. The change was due to coral spawning that had begun during my dive. I sort of cursed my luck as getting decent photos was not going to happen under such conditions. Suddenly a huge shape appeared directly beside me, giving me quite a start. A huge manta, swimming along the same course, had overtaken me. It sailed through the misty water and eventually we both came out the other side. She didn't pose for photos, but she gave me a really nice experience.
Oregon - Auf dem Weg zum Cascade Head
Cascade Head is a headland and 102,110-acre (41,320 ha) United States Forest Service Experimental Forest and part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. It is situated 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Portland, Oregon on the Oregon Coast between Lincoln City and Neskowin. Cascade Head Preserve is a Nature Conservancy Selected Site.
UNESCO - Man and the Biosphere Programme
Originally established in 1976, through UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, the Cascade Head Biosphere Region (formerly known as the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve) was expanded during the 2016 reauthorization to its current footprint. Within its boundaries are the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area, Cascade Head Experimental Forest, the Cascade Head Preserve, and the Cascade Head Marine Reserve and Marine Protected Areas. The diverse ecosystem includes the Salmon River and its estuary, a sandy littoral spit, densely forested coastal rainforest, a two-mile basalt headland covered in native coastal prairie and marine reserve stretching west into the waters of the Pacific. As with modern biosphere regions, there are core protected areas, areas of managed use, and areas of cooperation within the boundary.
The Nature Conservancy
In the early 1960s, volunteers organized an effort to protect Cascade Head from development. By 1966 they had raised funds and purchased the property, and then turned it over to The Nature Conservancy. Because of its ecological significance, Cascade Head Preserve and surrounding national forest and other lands won recognition in 1980 as a National Scenic Research Area and a United Nations Biosphere Reserve.
Conservancy researchers are testing methods of maintaining and restoring grassland habitat for the Oregon silverspot butterfly, including prescribed fire. Conservancy ecologists also monitor the populations of rare plants throughout the year. In spring and summer, teams of volunteers remove invasive species (such as Himalayan blackberry), help maintain trails, assist with research projects, and teach visitors about the Preserve.
Experimental Forest
The 11,890-acre (4,810 ha) Cascade Head Experimental Forest was established in 1934 for scientific study of typical coastal Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests found along the Oregon Coast. The forest stands at Cascade Head have been used for long-term studies, experimentation, and ecosystem research since then. In 1974 an act of Congress established the 9,670-acre (3,910 ha) Cascade Head Scenic Research Area that includes the western half of the experimental forest, several prairie headlands, the Salmon River estuary to the south, and contiguous private lands.
Before the establishment of the experimental forest in 1934 and for sometime after, an intense forest inventory was done to determine distribution, age classes, and volumes of major tree species. Early research at Cascade Head includes studies that determined life history and characteristics of native tree species; growth and yield of Sitka spruce-western hemlock, Douglas-fir, and red alder stands; and basic relations between vegetation and climate. A climate station established in 1936 is still operating and is an official United States Weather Bureau site. Between the 1940s and the 1960s, experimental, commercial sized harvests were done to evaluate the silvicultural and economic results of various tree-cutting methods. Current research is being done on forest ecosystem productivity, wind disturbance, nutrient cycling, and global carbon cycling.
Research on the Salmon River estuary has been ongoing since the first dike breaching in 1979. Reestablishment of the salt marsh ecosystems continues to be studied and more recently use of these restored ecosystems by anadromous fish is being studied.
Flora and fauna
Cascade Head is home to many native plant species, including red fescue, wild rye, Pacific reedgrass, coastal paintbrush, goldenrod, blue violet and streambank lupine. The hairy checkermallow (Sidalcea hirtipes) is a rare flower found here.
Ninety-nine percent of the world's population of the Cascade Head catchfly is found here. The Oregon silverspot butterfly, federally listed as a threatened species, is known from only five other locations in the world. The butterfly depends on a single plant species, the early blue violet (or hookedspur violet, Viola adunca, which grows coastal grassland openings), to serve as food for its larvae. Elk, deer, coyote, cougar, black bear, snowshoe hare and the Pacific giant salamander are also found in the preserve, as well as osprey, bald eagle, great horned owl, northern harrier, red-tail hawk and the occasional peregrine falcon.
Geology
Cascade Head is an extinct, uplifted volcano that was once under the Pacific Ocean.
(Wikipedia)
Canon T90, 50mm 1.2L, AgfaCT100 pro-lab developed, scanned with Nikon LS5000 + vuescan (linux) + darktable (linux). Straight from the scanner, no post processing except for the frame...
[a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment]
When I get down and crawl around the forest floor, it's a whole new world. :-)
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Regrowth
Artist Bryan Belanger pictures the brain as its own ecosystem, one that thrives when healthy and one that can be in danger if it is unattended or overworked. He imagines it to be covered in lush green grass, trees and rivers that flow, all funneling life from place to place. Like our own environment and the current state of our planet, there are places where there is no new growth, where the trees have been cut down and the land has eroded. Belanger has a similar picture in his mind of Alzheimer's and other diseases of the brain.
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Luminate
Luminate acts as a signifier that reminds us all of the psychological and physical importance of "lighting up" our environment and creating a positive aura despite the hardships that shadow us with fear. Through its movement, energy and markings, the brain sculpture Luminate suggests that even the smallest mark can make a world of a difference in our interconnected experience.
SYNAPSE
Interconnectedness. Layering. Complexity.
'Weaving' the 'clear' monofilament – layer upon layer and in no particular pattern – draws attention to interconnectedness. The layers of monofilament increase, and become very dense in much the same way that memories are made in the brain. Memories are made and there is potential distortion in remembering.
The nail heads placed in the creases hold together all of the filaments which are absolutely interconnected and made of one single length of material.
Brain Früz
Brain Früz is a a collection of vivid memories awakened by the power of different sensories. It represents hope for a bright and colourful future where thoughts remain crystal clear, lively and coherent.
State of Bliss
Sometimes, we all wish to be floating in warm, blue water with the hot sun kissing our face. State of Bliss captures the feeling of that moment.
Progression – Journey through the Darkness
This photograph exhibits the stark contrast between light (the brightly coloured framework of contours and orbs) and dark (the space between). It is only on our journey through the darkness that we can understand and appreciate the relief of the light. We each have our own internal structure and pattern of light, and it is our unique perception of and personal attachment to these patterns that assist us in making sense of the world, ourselves and those around us.
The TELUS Health Brain Project shines a much-needed light on the importance of cognitive and emotional well-being. Hollend’s work speaks to building that vision of a brighter, healthier future for this generation and those to come. TELUS Health is proud to partner with the Brain Project in support of the Baycrest Foundation for the second consecutive year, because they share in our commitment to create stronger, healthier communities.
The Prosper
Artist Yaron Bob’s sculpture is made from chains and a rocket base. It is a tribute to the place he lives in southern Israel, where these rockets fell. It is named after a dear friend who is going through a rough patch in life. His name is Prosper.
The name seems fitting since it has a double meaning. The artist wishes his friend and everyone in need to "live long and prosper."
An image of a modern city, downtown Toronto. Lots of concrete and glass, asphalt and noise. I'll take the 'burbs any day :-)
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A strange phenomenon has occurred, " Flora and Fauna " in a snowy desert in the middle of nowhere!. Well, that's what we're here to study...
I love using the 2x4 rock slope pieces!!. they are so useful for creating ice and it turned out so well for these ice formations
Build made with Bricklink Studio 2.0 with existing parts and image enhanced and edited in Photoshop.
From space it is shockingly visible how fragile our eco- and climate systems are. Mesospheric clouds above Siberia.
Vom All aus ist schockierend deutlich zu sehen, wie zerbrechlich unser Klimasystem ist.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Aambyvalley Rd.,Lonavala,Mah.,India
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......essence of immortality!
Betty and I dove in Honokohau Bay/Crescent Beach on Friday and got a nice visit from this female Tiger Shark.
Ecosystem destruction... Dry and empty, Like a broken body, without soul.
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This image shows the northern edge of the San Gabriel Mountains, high above the San Andreas Rift Zone and within sight of the Antelope Valley at the western edge of the Mojave Desert, 3,000 feet below. This is near the small desert community of Valyermo . There are two distinct ecosystems in view the desert with its scrub vegetation, joshua trees and cacti and desert fauna and the pine covered mountains, with lakes and streams.
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當言語變得模糊時，我將用照片來聚焦。當影像依然不足以表達時、我也只能沈默以對了。
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
～Ansel Adams
Fauna and flora on the walls of a pontoon coming out of the water
Faune et flore sur les parois d'un ponton sortie de l'eau.
Port de Saint-Nazaire
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España - Córdoba - Villanueva del Duque - Dehesa en la carretera A-430
ENGLISH:
Dehesa is a multifunctional agro-sylvo-pastoral system (a type of agroforestry) and cultural landscape of southern and central Spain (and southern Portugal, where it is known as montado). Dehesas may be private or communal property (usually belonging to the municipality). Used primarily for grazing, they produce a variety of products including non-timber forest products such as wild game, mushrooms, honey, cork, and firewood. It is also used as natural habitat for the Spanish fighting bull and the Iberian pig. The tree component is oaks, usually holm (Quercus ilex) and cork (Quercus suber). Other oaks, including melojo (Quercus pyrenaica) and quejigo (Quercus faginea), may be used to form dehesa, the species depending on geographical location and elevation. Dehesa is an anthropogenic system that provides not only a variety of foods, but also wildlife habitat for endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle.
The dehesa is derived from the Mediterranean forest ecosystem, consisting of pastureland featuring herbaceous species for grazing and tree species belonging to the genus Quercus (oak), such as the holm oak (Quercus ilex sp. ballota), although other tree species such as beech and pine trees may also be present. Oaks are protected and pruned to produce acorns, which the famous black Iberian pigs feed on in the fall during the montanera. Ham produced from Iberian pigs fattened with acorns and air-dried at high elevations is known as Jamón ibérico, and sells for premium prices, especially if only acorns have been used for fattening.
There is debate about the origins and maintenance of the dehesa, and whether or not the oaks can reproduce adequately under the grazing densities now forced upon the dehesa or montado. Goats, cattle, and sheep also graze in dehesa. In a typical dehesa, oaks are managed to persist for about 250 years. If cork oaks are present, the cork is harvested about every 9 to 12 years, depending on the productivity of the site. The understory is usually cleared every 7 to 10 years, to prevent the takeover of the woodland by shrubs of the rock rose family (Cistaceae), often referred to as "jara", or by oak sprouts. Oaks are spaced to maximize light for the grasses in the understory, water use in the soils, and acorn production for pigs and game. Periodic hunts in the dehesa are known as the monteria. Groups attend a hunt at a private estate, and wait at hunting spots for game to be driven to them with dogs. They usually pay well for the privilege, and hunt wild boar, red deer and other species.
The dehesa system has great economic and social importance on the Iberian peninsula because of both the large amount of land involved and its importance in maintaining rural population levels. The major source of income for dehesa owners is usually cork, a sustainable product that supports this ancient production system and old growth oaks. High end ibérico pigs and sale of hunting rights also represent significant income sources.
The area of dehesa usually coincides with areas that could be termed "marginal" because of both their limited agricultural potential (due to the poor quality of the soil) and a lack of local industry, which results in isolated agro-industries and very low capitalization.
Dehesa covers nearly 20,000 square kilometers on the Iberian peninsula, mainly in:
Portugal (33% of total dehesa world's area)
Alentejo
The Algarve
Spain (23% of total dehesa world's area)
Córdoba
Extremadura
Salamanca
Sierra Morena
Sierra Norte de Sevilla
Sierra de Aracena
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ESPAÑOL:
Dehesa es un bosque formado por encinas, alcornoques u otras especies, con estrato inferior de pastizales o matorrales, donde la actividad del ser humano ha sido intensa, y generalmente están destinados al mantenimiento del ganado, a la actividad cinegética y al aprovechamiento de otros productos forestales (leñas, corcho, setas etc.). Es un ejemplo típico de sistema agrosilvopastoral y típico de la zona occidental de la península ibérica.
El término dehesa viene del latín "defesa", pues los primeros pobladores en la reconquista hacían vallados para proteger los rebaños alojados en ellas.
Resulta así un ecosistema derivado del bosque mediterráneo, constituido por especies arbóreas del género Quercus (encina, alcornoque) u otras especies como hayas o pinos y el estrato herbáceo para pacer.
Se trata de un ecosistema derivado de la actividad humana a partir del bosque de encinas, alcornoques, etc. Es la consecuencia de conquistar al bosque terrenos para destinarlos a pastizales. Pasa por una fase inicial en la que se aclara el bosque denso para pasar a una segunda fase de control de la vegetación leñosa y la estabilización de los pastizales.
El sistema adehesado tiene una gran importancia económica y social en la península ibérica, tanto por su extensión superficial como por la función de fijación de población rural en sus núcleos. Reduciendo el flujo emigratorio y sus consecuencias (envejecimiento, incremento de tasas de mortalidad, reducción de tasas de actividad, abandono de explotaciones, etc).
La explotación de la dehesa suele coincidir con zonas que podríamos denominar “marginales”, tanto por su limitada vocación agraria (derivado de la pobreza de los suelos), como por la inexistencia de un tejido industrial, que se reduce a industrias agroalimentarias aisladas y de muy reducida capitalización.
Su extensión varía mucho según qué autores, pero está entre los dos y los cuatro millones de hectáreas (entre 20 000 y 40 000 km2; para hacerse una idea, 40 000 km2 es la extensión de Extremadura), principalmente en el suroeste y oeste: provincia de Córdoba, Salamanca, Extremadura, Huelva, Sierra Norte de Sevilla, piedemonte del sistema Central en España (especialmente en la zona de Talavera de la Reina) y el Alentejo y Algarve en Portugal.
Urban systems are built environments with a high human density. For mapping purposes, the MA uses known human settlements with a population of 5,000 or more, with boundaries delineated by observing persistent night-time lights or by inferring areal extent in the cases where such observations are absent.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Doñana's National park (Spain), Dunes ecosystem,
Doñana's National Park includes five different ecosystems: Beaches, Dunes, Border, Marsh and Forest. The system of mobile dunes of Doñana, unique in Spain, is one of the most beautiful landscapes of the park. The dunes, extremely interesting both from an ecological and a cultural viewpoint, are formed by accumulations of sand whose front of progress has a steeper slope than the part of displacement called tail. The progress of the dunes from the beach buries and destroys the vegetation that finds on its way, forming between two dunes the “corrales”, copses of stone pines and bushes. (www.donanavisitas.es/en)
[ESP] El Parque Nacional de Doñana incluye cinco ecosistemas distintos: Playas, Dunas, Vera, Marisma y Bosque. El sistema de Dunas móviles de Doñana, único en España, es uno de los paisajes más bellos del parque. Sumamente interesante, tanto ecológica como culturalmente, las dunas se forman por acumulaciones de arena cuyo frente de avance tiene una pendiente más acusada que la parte de desplazamiento denominada cola. El avance de las dunas desde la playa entierra y destruye la vegetación que encuentra a su paso, formándose entre dos dunas los "corrales", bosquetes de pino piñonero y matorral. (www.donanavisitas.es)
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Le Florida Aquarium est un aquarium géant géré par le secteur public à Tampa (Floride). On peut y observer de nombreux animaux, des écosystèmes aquatiques ainsi que terrestres, de Floride et du monde entier. Il participe notamment à la recherche et au sauvetage des récifs coralliens, des tortues de mer et des requins qui se trouvent dans la baie de Tampa et du golfe du Mexique. D’une superficie totale de près de 2 300 m², il est formé d’un dôme en verre de 25 mètres de hauteur, de 75 000 mètres carrés d’espace d’exposition et accueille près de 20 000 plantes aquatiques et animaux originaires de Floride et du monde entier. L'aquarium met en scène le parcours de l'eau en Floride, il est ainsi possible de voir des zones humides (sans moustiques :-), des plages et des barrières de coraux. Nous avons commencé la visite par le deuxième niveau, grâce au Wetlands Trail (exposition à ciel ouvert) mettant en vedette certaines des espèces les plus connues de la Floride : les alligators, les oiseaux et les loutres. Nous avons poursuivi le voyage à Madagascar, dans la cime des arbres en compagnie des lémuriens. Cette zone propose également des geckos, des caméléons et même des cafards. La visite continue dans la Coral Reef Gallery qui donne l’illusion de s’aventurer dans les profondeurs sous-marines, où se croisent une myriade de poissons tous plus insolites : poisson écureuil, poisson chat, poisson soldat, des poissons tropicaux (dont les rares dragons de mer feuillus d’Australie)… et des coraux. Le spectacle devient plus coloré à partir de là, avec l'exposition Waves of Wonder et ses poissons clowns, des réservoirs lumineux remplis de poissons tropicaux multicolores et de méduses translucides. On s’enfonce dans un tunnel qui descend dans des eaux de plus en plus profondes et en révèle les habitants. Chaque fenêtre présente un micro habitat différent selon la profondeur. La dernière fenêtre est l’équivalent d’une plongée à 20 mètres. Ne ratez pas non plus la Coral Cave qui abrite les crustacés, les écrevisses et les langoustes de toutes les espèces, des poissons soldats, des poissons-scorpions et des Nurse Sharks (requin nourrice). La vue panoramique depuis the Panoramic Window est absolument unique et permet d’admirer toute la diversité de la vie des profondeurs d’un seul coup d’œil. Très impressionnant : la paroi transparente de 5 cm d’acrylique est le seul rempart face aux 1,9 million de litres d’eau de mer. Des oiseaux en vol libre ainsi qu’une pieuvre géante du pacifique sont également d’autres surprises à découvrir au Floride Aquarium.
The Florida Aquarium is a giant aquarium operated by the public sector in Tampa, Florida. There are many animals, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, from Florida and around the world. He is involved in the search and rescue of coral reefs, sea turtles and sharks in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. With a total surface area of almost 2,300 m², it consists of a glass dome 25 meters high, 75,000 square meters of exhibition space and hosts nearly 20,000 aquatic plants and animals from Florida and the whole world. The aquarium stages the Florida water course, so it's possible to see wetlands (without mosquitoes :-), beaches and coral reefs. We started the tour through the second level, with the Wetlands Trail featuring some of Florida's best-known species: alligators, birds and otters. We continued the trip to Madagascar, in the treetops in the company of lemurs. This area also offers geckos, chameleons and even cockroaches. The visit continues in the Coral Reef Gallery which gives the illusion of venturing into the underwater depths, where a myriad of fishes are all more unusual: squirrel fish, catfish, soldier fish, tropical fish (whose rare Australian hardwood dragons) ... and corals. The show becomes more colorful from there, with the exhibition Waves of Wonder and its clown fish, light tanks filled with multicolored tropical fish and translucent jellyfish. We sink into a tunnel that descends into deeper and deeper waters and reveals the inhabitants. Each window has a different micro habitat depending on the depth. The last window is the equivalent of a dive at 20 meters. Do not miss the Coral Cave which houses crustaceans, crayfish and lobsters of all species, fish soldiers, scorpion fish and Nurse Sharks (nurse shark). The panoramic view from the Panoramic Window is absolutely unique and allows you to admire the diversity of life in the depths at a glance. Very impressive: the transparent wall of 5 cm of acrylic is the only bulwark against 1.9 million liters of seawater. Birds in free flight and a giant octopus of the Pacific are also other surprises to discover at the Florida Aquarium.