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Rolleiflex 2.8E (Xenotar) + Kodak 160NC
This picture was taken as I was walking by myself in the jungle. The guide was somewhere ahead of me with the rest of the group (not willing to wait for me stopping and yielding my fearsome rollei). For about half an hour I didn't see other people, and I enjoyed this fact thoroughly. Highly recommended!
Arcoiris en sobre los tepuyes en el Parque Nacional Canaima
Rainbow over waterfalls in Canaima National Park, Venezuela... "Tepui" geological formations on the background
the tea-coloured water of Rio Churun is caused by leaf tannin seeping from forests hundreds of thousands of years old.
Canaima National Park is a 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) park in south-eastern Venezuela that borders Brazil and Guyana. It is located in Bolívar State, and roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region.
The park was established on 12 June 1962. It is the second largest park in the country, after Parima-Tapirapecó, and sixth biggest national park in the world. It is the size of Belgium or Maryland.
About 65% of the park is occupied by plateaus of rock called tepuis, which are a kind of plateau of millions of years old, with vertical walls and almost flat tops. These constitute a unique biological environment and are also of great geological interest. Their sheer cliffs and waterfalls (including Angel Falls, which is the highest waterfall in the world, at 1,002 metres (3,287 ft)) create spectacular landscapes.
In 1994, the Canaima National Park was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, as a natural reserve that has abrupt relief special and unique around the world, the tepuis.
In case you're not familiar, this is better known as Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.
The waterfall was named after an American pilot who landed his plane on top of Auyantepui (the mountain from which Salto Angel flows) looking for gold. Unable to take off again, he, with his wife and 2 companions descended the cliff and made a 11-day trek to civilisation. The plane now resides at the airport terminal in Ciudad Bolivar.
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The view from the air over The Canaima National Park shows how the River Carrao splits into several streams forming small Islands in the river, the largest of these Islands is called Anatoly. These seperate streams flow down waterfalls into The Caniama Lagoon. To the right of the Lagoon, the airport runway can be seen, this brings in tourist to the National Park. Above the runway, a small Pemon Indian village can be seen. In the background three tepuy (table top mountains) are visible. These mountains distinguish this region of Venezuela. The water from the Angel falls flows into the Carrao River.