Amazon by photography of Leonide Principe
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The jaguar, my neighbor 1
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 1On July 7, 2007 at 5:13 PM, when I took this photo, I had no idea about the synchronicity of those two points where the arcs of light pointed.
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Gigantic arapaima
Read more: Gigantic arapaimaThe arapaima lives in Amazonian lakes, in poor oxygen water. That is why the arapaima has a rudimentary respiratory apparatus
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Enchanted
Read more: EnchantedShe was a cunhã (pretty girl) who lived in one of those great lakes in the counãryside of the Amazon.
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Snakes have beauty
Read more: Snakes have beautyThe green boa is a spectacular snake because of its emerald green color, it blends perfectly into the forest foliage and has heat-sensitive organs
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Bug reputation
Read more: Bug reputationThe Jequitiranaboia or peanut head bug (Fulgura laternaria) suffers from a terrible reputation: they say it has poison, brings bad luck, and many
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Talking butterfly
Read more: Talking butterflyThe monarch butterfly has a very singular characteristic: long migratory journeys take them thousands of kilometers from their birthplace
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Spirits of the forest
Read more: Spirits of the forestIn the first light of morning, when the air hangs suspended and not even the slightest breeze can penetrate the landscape, it is in this magical
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Jute planter
Read more: Jute planterJute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by
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Dona Maria
Read more: Dona MariaDona Maria is the matriarch who keeps the family united. Originally from the Juruá River, they migrated towards Manaus with only their will
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Princess Residents
Read more: Princess ResidentsDuring the mating season, two toucans (Ramphastos tucanus), also known as the white-throated toucan, begin to regularly visit the Princesa
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Domesticating a tree
Read more: Domesticating a treeDomesticating a tree does not in any way tame or change the nature of that living being. Domestication refers only to the conditions that
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Great Potoo
Read more: Great PotooFrom the Nyctibiidae family, the ‘mother-of-the-moon’ is known for a unique type of moan that it emits at night, especially on moonlit nights.
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An angel
Read more: An angelAn orchid with open arms, wings and even aureola, a protective angel of nature. I ask myself, again I ask myself, I always ask myself:
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Little fairy
Read more: Little fairyThe inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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A minute violet dot
Read more: A minute violet dotA minute violet dot about 40 meters high from an adult and healthy kapok tree, there it was, enjoying the shade of a very sunny afternoon.
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Immaculate beauty
Read more: Immaculate beautyIn Central America, it is popularly known as “orquídea de la Virgen Maria” and, certainly, its immaculate beauty justifies
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Eye to eye
Read more: Eye to eyeSorry, I’m just watching your reflected light, and recording it here in my little black box, I’m cool with you!
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Bifrenaria rudolfii
Read more: Bifrenaria rudolfiiIn this photographic version, the foreground was then isolated to reduce background brightness and thus allow the main
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Aphrodisiac perfume
Read more: Aphrodisiac perfumeThis orchid (Catasetum barbatum) it is unique in having male, female, and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by male Euglossine bees.
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Black panther
Read more: Black pantherThe black jaguar is a melanic variety of the jaguar, being the main variation in the coat found in wild animals.
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Photographic objectivity
Read more: Photographic objectivityThe reason for creating versions with horizontal and vertical orientation is basically to have greater elasticity in the graphic layout.
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Jumping woolly monkey
Read more: Jumping woolly monkeyThe muscular monkey showed his value as in a weightlifting contest, jumping all the time to show his strength and also to show that
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Priestess flower
Read more: Priestess flowerI had obtained authorization to photograph in an area reserved for research, INPA’s Campina Reserve. I had all day to flutter between
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Perfect symmetry
Read more: Perfect symmetryThe perfect symmetry of the flower suggests a very complex geometry, which can even be carried on an architect’s drawing board. But
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Cattleya eldorado
Read more: Cattleya eldoradoIt is mainly present in campinas, in areas of high luminosity, preferentially vegetating on macucu (Aldina heterophylla).
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Special night
Read more: Special nightThe kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) was in bloom, and I had had my fill of photographs during the day.
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Child in the tree
Read more: Child in the treeChild and tree are two entities that generate benevolence, either on the one hand or on the other.
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Moriche palm boat
Read more: Moriche palm boatOn a lost beach between Barcelos and Moura, where there is a lower population densities on the planet, the riverside man builds…
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Riverside children
Read more: Riverside childrenRiverside children have everything to be happy. I saw this happiness in the most isolated communities, I also saw how, as the community
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My friend the dolphin!
Read more: My friend the dolphin!The outstretched hand is the clear sign of communication beyond human words.
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River paths
Read more: River pathsThe regional boat goes down the left bank of the Solimões river with white waters, it will soon find the paraná that will take it to the Negro river.
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Fisherman’s joy
Read more: Fisherman’s joyIn Paraná do Ramos, a channel that runs parallel to the right bank of the Amazon River, I met some fishermen who were going to distant lakes
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Shaman of fire
Read more: Shaman of fireThe ancestral ritual echoes from distant times, with ghostly plots, supernatural lights and incantations
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Enchanting dolphin
Read more: Enchanting dolphinThe dolphin in the photograph with which I swam for a week left unforgettable moments in my memory.
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Ballerina orquid
Read more: Ballerina orquidNotice the arms crossed above the head and the legs, as if standing on tiptoe. Who drew you, dancer?
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Poet’s orchid
Read more: Poet’s orchidThe wooer came, adding more wonders. Yes, the courtier comes to flower to perfume himself, as this is part of his mating ritual.
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Flying a forest 2
Read more: Flying a forest 2Now, we are right in the middle of the Tapajós National Forest. Huge green waves are lost on the horizon, great masses of steam
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Flying a forest 1
Read more: Flying a forest 1Coming from Fordlândia, we flew a short stretch over the Trans-Amazonian roadway and entered the Tapajós National Forest.
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George Huebner
Read more: George HuebnerThe state of Amazonas is deteriorating. The economy is completely at a standstill because of the drop in the price of rubber.
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Inebriating perfume
Read more: Inebriating perfumeThe discovery of a flowering orchid in the treetops is a celebration. I once stood in the canopy for several hours,
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Shameless monkey
Read more: Shameless monkeyThe capuchin monkey seems to smell the flower, but make no mistake, he is about to make another prank, as is his nature.
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Curious communication
Read more: Curious communicationMy friend Thierry, companion of many navigations and maritime storms, came to visit me in the Amazon and, of course,
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Fruit and fish
Read more: Fruit and fishOn the right bank of the Amazon River, from afar, the riverside canoes showed their great photographic potential.
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Kissing Woolly monkey
Read more: Kissing Woolly monkeyKissing Woolly monkey (Lagotrix lagotricha) There was a park at km 40 of BR174 Federal road
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Blue orchid
Read more: Blue orchidThe orchid like very much to grow near waterfalls, like in the picture, taken near the Neblina waterfall,
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Living nature
Read more: Living naturePachamamita teaches much more than the Ministry of Education, effortlessly, without funds and budgets other than
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Extraterrestrial visit
Read more: Extraterrestrial visitEverything indicates that it is an extra-terrestrial, who came to visit our world bringing a message of peace.
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Little masters
Read more: Little mastersDo I need to compare with other toys? I mean other toys that are taken for granted, disregarded toys that clog