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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Ojo paramuno

This photograph is taken in a paramo ecosystem, here we can observe the birth of water between the mountains and frailejones. This lagoon provides water both to the animals that live in this very hostile ecosystem and to the entire world. It represents the birth of life itself, in an eye of water, which observes the depths of being and its immensity.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Cerrito, Santander., Colombia
Copyright: © Mario Largo