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Spirits of the Falls
Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil, 2024
Category - Forests
Iguazú Falls (meaning “great water” in the indigenous language) have the distinctive feature of straddling two countries, Argentina and Brazil, and bordering a third, Paraguay. They consist of a system of 275 waterfalls spanning nearly 3 kilometres and are protected by a national park in each of the three countries. On the Argentinian side, Iguazú National Park is located about 1 kilometre from the capital, Buenos Aires, and covers 67,000 hectares. It was created in 1934 to protect one of the country’s most beautiful and most visited natural sites. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. The site is home to more than 450 bird species, including the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), an iconic bird native to the subtropical forest. It is the largest species in the toucan family and can be identified by its large bright orange bill. The birds feed on fruit and inhabit the upper canopy.
86 mm f/4 Lens - 1/400 sec at f/5 ISO 500