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Explored January 28, 2009, #250
I have shot many a sunrise and a sunset, but never a "moonrise" and certainly, never a moonrise over the Amazon.
We were headed back to Manaus, when Eni (our guide) ran up to me, pointing over my shoulder. "Look, Sheree, a moonrise."
I turned and gasped. I was already entranced by my Amazon adventure by night, but this was the jewel in the crown.
My heartfelt thanks to my husband, David, who allowed me to use him as a tripod. David is often mentioned in my image descriptions. So, I am going to include one of the funniest blogs he has ever posted. He is deathly afraid of heights, but I talked him into not only being my human tripod, but into zip-lining through the jungle in St. Lucia. I laughed, till I cried. It's really funny.
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Taken on the Rio Negro outside of Manaus, Brazil.
The Czech traveler Thaddeus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke's (1761-1816) first, baptismal names were clearly auspicious for his life to come: brave-hearted, destined for a new home - in Amazonia -, and a pelgrim as a naturalist and anthropologist.
Haenke was a member of a number of naturalist expeditions in the service of the crown of Spain, and later he settled in the remote regions of the warlike Yurakaré people in Bolivia, in the town of Cochabamba on the Mamoré River, a tributary of the Amazon. Here he served as the town's physician and cultivated his own botanical garden.
He befriended a local Franciscan missionary, Francisco la Cueva, and the two of them explored the wilds and also wrote notes on the anthropology of the tribes there. Haenke waxes quite eloquent on Yurakaré religion, stresssing their belief in a good God, Tantoco, who wards off an evil spirit, Limpelite. But Haenke didn't get around to describing everything he saw....
It seems he and La Cueva had come upon the amazing waterlily we today know as Victoria amazonica in the Mamoré River (1801). La Cueva tells a later explorer that Haenke had fallen on his knees and praised the Creator of such a marvellous plant. Haenke didn't live to give the lily a name - he was inadvertently poisoned by his maid. But soon European botanists devised a series of names of which the present one has survived.
Here at the top is a floating leaf of this majestic flower. it can sustain a weight of perhaps some 20 kilos. The upturned edge and bottom are studded with those sharp spines (see bottom inset). It's unclear what their purpose is, but it's conjectured they protect the plant from hungry fish and manatees; the strife of Tantoco and Limpelite in a nutshell.
A cone-headed katydid ambushes a sleeping dragonfly at night and finds itself a large meal at Calanoa lodge, bordering Amacayacu national park, Colombian Amazon.
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These #FloatingHouses change height with the tide of the #AmazonRiver in #Iquitos #Peru! These houses float on the river. When the water level rises, so do the houses. Have you seen floating houses like this before? If so, where? There are many #TreasuresOfTraveling to explore in Iquitos and the surrounding #PeruvianRainforest. treasuresoftraveling.com/treasures-of-traveling-on-the-am...
Alluvial gold, fine gold dust particles carried by the current which settle in the Amazon's many gentle meanders, represents one of the major threats to the Amazon region. Hydraulic motors force the disintegration of river banks, pushing the sand/clay banks through sluice boxes. The addition of mercury as an amalgamating agent to separate out the precious metal further contaminates downstream traditional life.
Perhaps abandoning gold, and embracing tourism will bring in a greener future.
Sunset bathes boaters on the Colombian Amazon
Guess it wasnt a bright idea *lol*
Sidenote: Really made it across but I had this falling pose dying to be dusted off *lol*
These #FloatingHouses change height with the tide of the #AmazonRiver in #Iquitos #Peru! These houses float on the river. When the water level rises, so do the houses. Have you seen floating houses like this before? If so, where? There are many #TreasuresOfTraveling to explore in Iquitos and the surrounding #PeruvianRainforest. treasuresoftraveling.com/treasures-of-traveling-on-the-am...
Cesar is the "go to" man for Project Amazonas when it comes to traveling to the far reaches of the Peruvian Amazon or translating for volunteers. This photograph is part of a solution which provides health care to over 6,000 people in the Amazon rainforest each year. Learn more about what we do at NGO AidJoy.
After a long day of boating up from the Amazon river to the Marañon in Peru, river, we stopped for the night at Ollanta. This marks the last stop before turning up to the Chambira river to the Urarina communities to engage about medicinal plants.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the ‘meeting of waters’ in Brazil – where the Rio Negro and the Solimões River meet to form the Amazon River.
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The Rio Negro, visible in black, is the largest tributary of the Amazon and the world’s largest black-water river. It flows 2300 km from Colombia, and it gets its dark colouring from leaf and plant matter that has decayed and dissolved in its waters.
The Rio Negro contrasts significantly with the Solimões River – visible directly below - which owes its brown-colouring to its rich sediment content, including sand, mud and silt. After flowing for around 1600 km, the Solimões River meets the Rio Negro and together form this important junction.
Owing to differences in temperature, speed and water density, the two rivers, after converging, flow side-by-side for a few kilometres , before eventually mixing.
Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon Basin, is visible on the north bank of the Rio Negro. Despite being 1500 km from the ocean, Manaus is a major inland port. The Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve is visible northeast of the city. The almost square-shaped block of land is a protected area named after the botanist Adolfo Ducke, and is used for the research of biodiversity.
Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a two-satellite mission. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth’s surface in 13 spectral bands and can help monitor changes in land cover and inland waters.
This image, captured on 7 February 2018, is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Heliconian Butterflies are the most speciose of butterflies. There are lots of sorts with widely varying markings. The first painting perhaps of one - from Surinam - was done by famous botanist and entomologist, the intrepid Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). She'd travelled to and worked in Surinam 1699-1701, and published her naturalist findings in 1705. The painted leaf now in St Petersburg features a Heliconius, clearly a Melpomene (and not an Erato hydara, as has been claimed); Merian had sharp eyes. Heliconius melpomene melpomene is more prevalent in Surinam, ranging from the north of Colombia and Venezuela and then in a strip down along the coast from Guyana to the mouth of the Amazon from whence inland again.
In the inset photo you can see - if you're at all interested in these subtleties - how to distinguish the two very much alike kinds: Melpomene has those three tiny red spots where the underwing joins the thorax. For the rest Melpomene and Erato look the same to any predator and both are distasteful, too.
So, what's this about mimicry as a defense strategy whereby a less noxious kind mimics a more distasteful one for its own protection? Why would two equally disagreeable species or subspecies mimic each other? The mathematical answer was given by Johann Friederich Theodor 'Fritz' Müller (1821-1897). He showed mathematically that this double mimicry serves for quicker 'predator education', thus ensuring less loss of life for both species of Butterfly. Incidentally, this Müllerian Mimicry is one of the first instances in biology of using an explanatory mathematical model.
PS Many entomological authors say that 'Melpomene' is for the Greek Muse of Tragedy. It seems to me equally possible that it's for another meaning of the same word, namely: Dance. If you watch these colorful Butterflies: no Tragedy, but all Dancing in the Air.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over northern Brazil on 22 August 2017, where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
The sediment-laden water appears brown as it flows from the lower left to the open ocean in the upper right. ‘Popcorn’ clouds are visible in parts of the image – a common occurrence during the Amazon’s dry season, formed by condensed water vapour released by plants and trees during the sunny day.
The land varies in colour from the deep green of dense vegetation to light brown. Taking a closer look to the upper-left section of the image, we can see large brown areas where the vegetation has already been cleared away. Geometric shapes indicate agricultural fields, and linear roads cut through the remaining dense vegetation.
Rainforests worldwide are being destroyed at an alarming rate. This is of great concern because they play an important role in global climate, and are home to a wide variety of plants, animals and insects. More than a third of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.
Unlike other forests, rainforests have difficulty regrowing after they are destroyed and, owing to their composition, their soils are not suitable for long-term agricultural use.
With their unique view from space, Earth observation satellites have been instrumental in highlighting the vulnerability of the rainforests by documenting the scale of deforestation.
This image is featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Manaus, Brazil and Vicinity
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landscape on the Urubu's river, Amazonie
Peaceful morning on the river in the heart of the Amazon. A traditional wooden canoe rests quietly by the dock, surrounded by lush rainforest and still waters that perfectly mirror the sky. This scene captures the serene beauty and timeless rhythm of life in the Amazon basin.
A photographic travelogue of my trip down the Amazon River, in the deep heart of the Bolivian Rainforest
Today's edition of "Armchair Traveling During the Coronavirus Lockdown" takes me back to Market Day at Mazan, Peru on the Napo River which is a tributary of the Amazon River. Boats are floated to town from many communities along the river. Most of these probably brought loads of bananas to the market to sell (see yesterday's picture)