http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/tags/nature/ Sun, 06 May 2012 08:21:49 -0700 Sun, 06 May 2012 08:21:49 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8276/buddyicons/46742833@N00.jpg?1369104693#46742833@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/tags/nature/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/7002546994/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/diegocupolo/">Diego Cupolo</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/7002546994/" title="Lago Quilotoa"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/7002546994_15f822dffd_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Lago Quilotoa" /></a></p> <p>At first sight, the water in Lago Quilotoa was blurry. Like something was floating above it. Inside it. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it.<br /> <br /> I stood there for a while, squinting my eyes, until I could make sense of what I was looking at - the waves, the clouds, the colors - and then, took a photo.<br /> <br /> But, in nature, in places so ancient, photos never represent the reality.<br /> <br /> Quilotoa, Ecuador<br /> <br /> © <a href="http://www.diegocupolo.com" rel="nofollow">Diego Cupolo</a> 2012</p> Sun, 06 May 2012 08:21:49 -0700 2012-02-14T10:38:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Diego Cupolo) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7002546994 -0.867285 -78.896541 -0.867285 -78.896541 376178 Lago Quilotoa <p>At first sight, the water in Lago Quilotoa was blurry. Like something was floating above it. Inside it. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it.<br /> <br /> I stood there for a while, squinting my eyes, until I could make sense of what I was looking at - the waves, the clouds, the colors - and then, took a photo.<br /> <br /> But, in nature, in places so ancient, photos never represent the reality.<br /> <br /> Quilotoa, Ecuador<br /> <br /> © <a href="http://www.diegocupolo.com" rel="nofollow">Diego Cupolo</a> 2012</p> Diego Cupolo travel mountain lake tourism latinamerica southamerica nature water landscape lago ecuador day cloudy hiking scenic hike adventure climbing crater andes recreation attraction 2012 quilotoa http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/5371656658/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/diegocupolo/">Diego Cupolo</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegocupolo/5371656658/" title="El Yunque Trail IV"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5161/5371656658_6f0b411459_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="El Yunque Trail IV" /></a></p> <p>Everything was alive, fresh and breathing. Each plant species was wrapped around another one, anchored on the side of a tree, and cradling a few hanging vines while being completely covered with moss, fungus and crawling ants.<br /> <br /> Owl-eyed butterflies glided gently around us and I found a foot-long earthworm.<br /> <br /> We explored the land on and off the trails. Jack kept warning me about snakes, but I was more concerned with staying on my feet. Everything was slippery. I got a nice cut on my shin - El Yunque, Puerto Rico<br /> <br /> © <a href="http://www.diegocupolo.com" rel="nofollow">Diego Cupolo</a> 2011</p> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:25:39 -0800 2011-01-01T14:50:29-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Diego Cupolo) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5371656658 18.28437 -65.789394 18.28437 -65.789394 161621 El Yunque Trail IV <p>Everything was alive, fresh and breathing. Each plant species was wrapped around another one, anchored on the side of a tree, and cradling a few hanging vines while being completely covered with moss, fungus and crawling ants.<br /> <br /> Owl-eyed butterflies glided gently around us and I found a foot-long earthworm.<br /> <br /> We explored the land on and off the trails. Jack kept warning me about snakes, but I was more concerned with staying on my feet. Everything was slippery. I got a nice cut on my shin - El Yunque, Puerto Rico<br /> <br /> © <a href="http://www.diegocupolo.com" rel="nofollow">Diego Cupolo</a> 2011</p> Diego Cupolo travel mountain plant tree green latinamerica nature ecology rain forest outdoors moss rainforest puertorico hiking path hike fresh adventure trail national jungle area tropical caribbean recreation elyunque lush preserve puertorican protected moist dailyrayofhope http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en