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亚马逊真美AMAZONitisreallybeautifully

Amazonrainforest

AMAZON

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Thebiodiversityinthesewettropicalforestsismind-blowing.Itishometothelargestcollectionoflivingplantandanimalspeciesintheworld.OneintenknownspeciesonthisplanetlivesintheAmazonRainforest.Amazoniaishometoaround2.5millioninsectspecies,tensofthousandsofplants,andmorethan2,000birdsandmammals.Sofar,atleast40,000plantspecies,2,200fishes,1,294birds,427mammals,428amphibians,and378reptileshavebeenscientificallyclassifiedwithinthisregion.Oneinfiveofallbirdandfishspecieslivehere.TheScarletMacawsaboveareindigenoustotheAmericantropics.Thephotographerwrote,“Red-and-GreenMacawsDOgrowontreesintheAmazon.”Photo#1byBilltacular

TheSanRafaelFallsandQuijosRiverarelocatedatthefootofthehighlyactiveReventadorVolcanowhichrisesoutoftheAmazonjungleeastoftheAndes.Basedonarchaeologicalevidence,itisbelievedthathumansfirstinhabitedthisAmazonparadiseatleast11,200yearsago.Photo#2byImagesunion

StreamsoflightintheAmazonianmist.Insidethisrainforest,youneverquiteknowwhatyoumightsee...Photo#3byJonRawlinson

YoumightseeaTupi‘redbird,’alsoknownasthescarletibis,oneofthemostbeautifulBrazilianbirds,becauseofthecoloroftheirplumage.Photo#4byJ.GilPhotography

OryoumightseeanAmazonian‘Godzilla.’Photo#5byLaurent

InAmazonia,youmightevenstumbleuponanEmeraldBoa.Eek!

Photo#6byFreePetWallpapers

Amazonrainforestjaguar.Betyouwon’tbumpintooneofthesebeautifulbeastiesinanurbanjungle?

Photo#7byByLandRoverOurPlanet

Starofthewater–IntheriversoftheAmazon.Thephotographernoted,“Thewaterlily（Victoriaregia）,anaquaticplantistypicaloftheAmazonregion.Itsleavesarelargeandcircular,withfoldededges,formingasortofbasin.Theycanreach2metersindiameter.Theleavesofthelilypadcanwithstandtheweightofasmallchildinthewaterwithoutsinking.”AccordingtoanIndianlegendaboutthelilypad,“Asitsflowersopenatnight,theIndianslikentothemoonandstars.TheysaythatonceintheAmazon,therelivedanIndiangirlthathewantedtobecomeastar.Atnight,shelikedtolookattheskytoadmirethestars.ShethoughtthatthemooncouldcomepickheruponEarthandtakeittoheaven.Onenight,abeautifulIndiangirlleanedoverthesideoftheriver,wherethemoonwasreflected.Shewasmesmerizedbytheimageofthemoon,fellintotheriveranddisappearedintothewater.Themoonthenturnedintoalilypad.Sotheflowerofthelilypadiscalled‘starofthewaters’.”Photo#8byMiriamCdeSouza

AtypicalhouseintheAmazon.Photo#9byFranciscoChavesfromBuenosAires,Argentina

Lookingdownatthe‘lungsoftheplanet.’Photo#10byWallpapersDiq

LookingupinAmazonrainforest–ÁrvoreMogno.Photo#11bySigney

Monkeyshangingoutinthetropicaljungle.Photo#12byWorldwideHappyMedia

BrownWoollyMonkeyintheAmazon.Photo#13byEvgeniaKononova

Amazonrainforest–‘insideofkills’.Photo#14byHudsonAlves

Thephotographerwroteofthe‘WildBoy’,“HiseyesreflectsthenostalgiaofanalmostextinctWorld.WearinganAmazonToucan,traditionallyusedonlyforthesacreddancesandveryspecialmoments,thisboyislearningfromtheShamansthetraditionaldancesoftheKotocochaculture,aknowledgewhichisonlytransmittedfromtheshamantothefewchosenbywordofmouth.Origin:

EcuadorianAmazonrainforest,Kotocochatribe.”Photo#15byGustavoMorejón

ComunityNovaEsperança,Barépeople.Cuieirasriver,tributaryoftheRioNegro,Amazonia,Brazil.Photo#16byDanielZaniniH.

FolkloreofAmazonasisnourishedfromlegendsandstoriesinwhichmysteryandinexplicablethingsarealwayspresent.OneexampleonWikipediaincludes“ifyouaskpeopleaboutthelagoonofCochaconga,theywillsaythatitisenchanted.Theysayithasthe‘formofaneck’andthatwiththesmallestnoiseprovokedbyananimalorthescreamofaperson,therewillbeatremendousthunderstorminwhichanenormousmonsterwillappearintheshapeofcow.Thismonsterwillbecomemadwiththestrangers.That’swhy,whoeverpassesbythisremoteplace,doesitwithmaximumprecautionsfornotalteringthelocalsilence.”Photo#17byNewWorldReview

AerialrootsofRedMangroveonanAmazonianriver.Photo#18byCesarPaesBarreto

AmazonPoisonDartfrog,alsoknownastheReticulatedPoisonFrog,canbefoundattheinflowsoftheAmazonRiverinPerulivehighupintherainforest.Thephotographeralsonotedthattheseverylittlebeautiesareonlyabout15-20mminsize.Photo#19byDominikHofer

IracemaWaterfalls.Photo#20byHudsonAlves

AgreatofdealoftravelalongAmazôniaisbywater.Thatmaybeduetotheabundanceofwaterways.Photo#21byDanielZaniniH.

OrperhapstravelbyrivermaysimplybeeasierthantheadventureoftryingtotravelmuddyAmazoniaroads?

Hereyoudon’tgetstuckintraffic,youjustgetstuck.Photo#22byJ.GilPhotography

AmazonRainforest,seenfromtheAltoMadredeDiosriver,inPeru.Before1960,accesstotheforest’sinteriorwasrestrictedandtheAmazonjungleremainedmostlyintact.Duringthe1960s,farmswereestablishedbasedoncropcultivationandtheslashandburnmethod.Deforestationwassoconsiderablethattheareaswhichwereclearedofforestwerevisibletothenakedeyefromouterspace.Photo#23byMartinSt-Amant

StrongdroughtintheAmazonrainforest.In2005,partsoftheAmazonbasinexperiencedtheworstdroughtinonehundredyears.In2010theAmazonrainforestexperiencedanotherhorrificdrought,insomewaysmoreextremethanin2005.InatypicalyeartheAmazonabsorbs1.5gigatonsofcarbondioxide;during2005instead5gigatonswerereleasedandin20108gigatonswerereleased.Photo#24byHudsonAlves

Justastherecanbedroughts,theriversofAmazonsufferfloodingfor4or5monthsoftheyear.Thephotographersaidthatonahotday,theywent‘rockjumping.’Photo#25byJ.GilPhotography

Amazonasfloatingvillage,IquitosintheAmazonBasin.It’sthepartofSouthAmericadrainedbytheAmazonRiver;itstributariesdrainsanareaofabout2,670,000squaremiles（6,915,000sqkm）,orroughly40%ofSouthAmerica.Photo#26bySaschaGrabow

AnAmazonChestnutSunrise.Photo#27byVicentePinheiroviaAna_Cotta

Amazonrainforest,nearManaus,Brazil.Imagetakenfromtopofa50mtowerformeteorologicalobservations,andthetopofvegetationcanopyistypically35m.Theimagewastakenwithin30minutesofarainevent,andafewwhite‘clouds’abovethecanopyareindicativeofrapidevaporationfromwetleavesaftertherain.MuchoftheAmazonisstillunexplored,manyofitsindigenousplantsandanimalsareunknown...perhapsevenplantsyettobediscoveredthatcouldcurediseasesthatplaguethepeopleonourplanet.Theleavesandbranchesoftherainforestaresodensethatitcreatesa“roof”thatdoesnotallowthesunlighttoreachtheground.Thegroundremainsdark,dampandwaitingfordiscovery.Photo#28byPhilPHarris

AYagua（Yahua）tribemandemonstratingtheuseofblowgun（blowdart）,atoneoftheAmazonian‘islands’.MailScannerhasdetectedapossiblefraudattemptfrom"upload.wikimedia.org"claimingtobePhoto#29byJialiangGaowww.peace-on-earth.org

AnotherfolkloreofAmazonafromPeruareattributedtocertainanimals.Forexample:

Themochuelothat“freezesthesoul”,orthe“quien-quien”thatmakesfunofthetravelersintheroads.Whenthesingingcricketssoundslikebells,itissupposedlyforetellingofa“bigevil.”Photo#30byRooseveltGarcia

AmazonianForestandRenatoRiver.Photo#31byLeonardoF.Freitas

MonkeyIsland,Peru,isapartofAmazonia.Photo#32byAlexGuerrerofromNewHaven,UnitedStates

Amazonianrainforest,upperAmazonbasin,Loretoregion,Peru.Photo#33byPahpaha

BalbinaDaminAmazon,Brazil.Photo#34bySeabirds

StormycloudscovertheAmazonianjungle.Photo#35bylapidim

Thephotographerexplained,“OntheTambopataRiverinthePeruivanAmazonRainforest,agroupofkidsplayfootballonatinysandislandinthemiddleoftheriver.”Photo#36byMikeCooper

Bambooandfernsintherainforest.Photo#37byTaddandDebbieOttman

NativevillageofChipitiere,intheCulturalZoneofManuNationalPark,Peru.Photo#38byMartinSt-Amant

Toucan,theearlofAmazonia.Photo#39byTambakotheJaguar

WaterfallflowingfromtheAndesdownintheAmazonBasin.Photo#40byWorldwideHappyMedia

Three-ToedSlothintheAmazon.Thephotographernotedalocalsuperstition:

‘don’tlookathimifyou’repregnant…oryourbabymaylooklikehim!

’Photo#41byPierrePouliquin

WalkingthroughpathsintheAmazonianrainforest.Photo#42byCREES-MANU

SanRafaelFallsintheAmazonjungle.Photo#44byDrriss

Thephotographerwrote,“YacumanaandChullachaquiaretwodemonsofthelocallegends.Yacumanaisademonofthewater（boaman）;Chullachaquicantransformitselftomimicanyperson…isityourmumcomingtoyou?

No,lookathisfeet,that’showyourecognizehim,healwayshasabigone!

”Photo#44byPierrePouliquin

BrazilianAmazon.Photo#45byГорящийтур

AmazonianSunset.Photo#46byNew7WondersofNature

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