2018 May Highlights Gallery

Light shining into Abismo Anhumas or Anhumas Abyss. This is a 80 metre deep lake

Light shining into Abismo Anhumas or Anhumas Abyss. This is a 80 metre deep lake, at the bottom of a 72 metre deep cave.
Bonito area, Serra da Bodoquena (Bodoquena Mountain Range), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, November 2017. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

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Brazil, Cave, Deep, Depth, Freshwater Project, Latin America, Light Ray, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Mystery, Natural Light, South America, Sunlight

Crack of the continental drift between the North American and Eurasian Plates at Thingvellir

Crack of the continental drift between the North American and Eurasian Plates at Thingvellir, Thingvellir National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iceland. September 2009. Photographed for the Freshwater Project

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Cracked, Europe, Freshwater, Freshwater Project, Geology, Iceland, National Park, Nordic Countries, North Europe, Northern Europe, Protected Area, Reserve, Scandinavia, Tectonic Plate, Tectonic Plates, Thingvellir National Park, Underwater, Water

Laguna Miluni, contaminated with mine effluent and with a low level due to drought

Laguna Miluni, contaminated with mine effluent and with a low level due to drought. This reservoir is fed by glacial meltwater from the Andean peak, Huayna Potosi, Bolivian Andes. October 2015

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Altiplano, Altitude, Bolivia, Climate Change, Colour, Colourful, Contaminated, Cordillera Real, Discoloured, Drought, El Alto, Glacial Retreat, Global Warming, Grass, Grassland, High, Huayna Potosi, Iron, Iron Staining, La Paz, Laguna Miluni, Low, Miluni, Mine Effluent, Mining, Mountain, Mountain Range, Orange, Pink, Polluted, Pollution, Purple, Red, Reservoir, South America, Water Supply