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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The Monarch

This beautiful butterfly, the Monarch, cannot be seen and therefore photographed in continental Europe but moving west, to the Portuguese island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean, some courageous specimens arrive from the Americas to there and only there, in Europe, are they possible to admire them in their beauty.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2023
Date Uploaded: 09.2024
Photo Location: Funchal, Madeira Islad, Portugal
Camera: PENTAX K-1 Mark II
Copyright: © Maurizio Teruzzi