Panchita Tunnel, Galápagos, Ecuador: In the village of Bellavista in the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island, you can walk through lava tunnels or lava tubes. This is just 7 km (4.3 miles) inland from Puerto Ayora, the main town. The outer skin of the molten lava hardens while the liquid magma continues to flow through, leaving behind a cavity of empty tubes or tunnels. . There is limited visibility, and the floor is sometimes uneven and slippery.
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Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus), EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia
photograph by Juan Jacobo Castillo
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~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.
Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region
Period: Ilama Period
Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100
Medium: Ceramics
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Read our new report Hope at Risk: The Lack of a Safe Space to Defend Human Rights in Colombia Continues
Read “We continue to risk our lives defending Colombia’s rivers and wetlands”, a blog by threatened water defender Yuly Velásquez
Read “Stories of Water”, a guest blog by threatened water defender Yuvelis Morales
Watch a webinar with threatened land, Indigenous territory and water defender Berenice Celeita
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let's do the south american version of the countries quiz
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torres del paine, patagonia
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Sumaco Horned Treefrog (Hemiphractus proboscideus), family Hemiphractidae, Loreto, Peru
photographs by Matt Jeppson
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Pampas Cat aka Colocolo (Leopardus colocola), family Felidae, found in grasslands and dry forests across much of South America
photograph by Sebastian Kennernecht
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