Mineral specimens
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Crystal Geyser erupts an average of once per day without any schedule, so seeing it erupt is pure luck. When I visited two people had camped there for 15 hours and hadn't seen anything.
My intent was not the eruption (that would have been a bonus) but more the landscape and the mineral landscape that has formed around the site.
No son muchos los datos que se poseen de esta antigua fundición, ubicada en el paraje de Piedrallana, al norte de Villaricos, muy cercana a otra fábrica: la Invencible. Se cree que fue construida sobre 1870, cesando su actividad nada más comenzar el siglo XX, al disminuir notablemente la producción de las minas de Sierra Almagrera.
Hacia 1883, Santa Ana fue adquirida por José Soler Gómez, conocido exportador de minerales de plomo de la zona, lo que para algún autor significa que la fundición mantuvo un ritmo de producción continuo, sin grandes altibajos, habiéndose estimado en unas 30 toneladas diarias el mineral que era llevado para su tratamiento a la fábrica, llegándose a consumir anualmente 3600 toneladas de coque y hulla llegados en buques desde Inglaterra....
Laguna Colorade - Bolivia.
The different colours white, yellow and green are caused by different minerals in the water. The red is from algae.
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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These desolate landscapes, completely dry and without vegetation, remain nevertheless fascinating and give us an image of the early Earth.
Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Área de Preservação Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
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Lagoa da Anta
Ilha da Meditação
Área de Preservação Ambiental
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Água Mineral
Brasília Brasil
Unfortunately, going back through my photo archives, I can't recall where I took this, or what the rock is / minerals are. Any geologists out there who can help me identify this? Thanks. Whatever it is, I find it to be astoundingly beautiful and wondrous. (Hence my wondering....) ;-)
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.
Couple Whistling Heron
Casal de Maria-faceira
Maria-faceira - Whistling Heron
Syrigma sibilatrix (NC)
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High Quality (HQ) - 3D
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Watercolor Effect
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Pássaro Silvestre
Área de proteção Ambiental
Água Mineral
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Brasília, Brasil
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.
Sunday in the Park
Série: Domingo no Parque
Piscina Natural
Slight HDR editing
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Área de Proteção Ambiental
Água Mineral
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Brasília, Brasil