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Orange-Barred Sulphur and other butterflies eating minerals on river bank in Manú National Park.
Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck up the fluid. Where the conditions are suitable, conspicuous insects such as butterflies commonly form aggregations on wet soil, dung or carrion. From the fluids they obtain salts and amino acids that play various roles in their physiology, ethology and ecology.
Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, Manú National Park
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Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Área de Preservação Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
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ƒ/4.5 24 mm 1/800s ISO 320
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Altitude 2850m - Morning light 7:13
Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Área de Preservação Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
HDR editing
Software: Windows Paint 3D; Snapseed
Mineral Water Park
Trilha da Capivara
Área de Proteção Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Área de Preservação Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
Tara Salt Flat is located at an altitude of 4 300 m within Los Flamencos National Reserve, near the border point where Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina meet. Tara is set on the crater of Vilama Volcano and it has a rich ecosystem that houses several flora and fauna species.
Another shot from the Fairy Pools last Autumn up on the Isle of Skye.
I am sort of mesmerised by the backcloth of this shot. I have always been captivated by Mountains and spent a lot of time amongst them. My most abiding past memory is standing on the summit of Mt Blanc at 6.50am watching the sun come up over France and Italy and lingering there taking it all in!
The Black Cuillin pose a special challenge with their rugged precipices and the rapidly changing climate being on the extreme Western edge of Scotland and open to the Atlantic winds. The brooding craggy pyramid of Sgurr an Fheadain sits directly behind this cascade and the clouds shroud the surrounding crags. I keep returning to these shots, partly because of lockdown and partly because this was a gorgeous day to be out photographing waterfalls in such a wonderful landscape. Can't wait to get back at some point!
Es una piedra mineral, fotografiada de cerca, con utilizando los tubos de extensión, el problema es enfocar bien, pues la distancia de enfoque es corta y es complicado sin un trípode.
It is a mineral stone, photographed up close, with using extension tubes, the problem is to focus well, because the focus distance is short and complicated without a tripod.
The mineral green geothermally heated waters of the Roman Bath reflect the 18th century buildings & sky above. Located in Bath, UK, these hot springs contain 42 minerals including sodium, calcium, chloride, sulphate, bicarbonate, magnesium, silicon, & iron. From ancient times they were considered to be healing & many pilgrims came to make use of them.
Location: Mineral Ridge
I can feel you calling me
I can see the cracks between these walls
But this pain
I choke on the words as they rise in me
To survive, I lock down
I can feel you calling me
I can taste the poison in your heart
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Blurring the line between war and peace
To survive, I lock down
Say the words
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Quaresmeira-do-cerrado
Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
Photographed at Mineral Ridge
Date: 23rd November 2016
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Photographed at Mineral Ridge
Date: 24th November 2016
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This is a shot of a Sleepy Orange sulphur butterfly mineralling. If you look closely you can see the proboscis leading into the ground. Although no one really knows for sure it seems that the butterfly is drawing up minerals from damp ground that has a lot of salt in it. This shot was taken in an area that has a lot of runners and horses, all of which produce a lot of salt through perspiration and such. This behavior is also known as "puddling". Only certain species are known to do this, and it's just the young males of the species. I've included a shot of some different sulphurs puddling.
Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Texas
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