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

Under water in the Abismo Anhumas or Anhumas Abyss. This is a 80 metre deep lake

Under water in the 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, Dark, Deep, Depth, Freshwater Project, Latin America, Light Ray, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Mystery, Natural Light, South America, Sunlight

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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