Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

What amazing luck - just a couple days after my trip to Brazil I experience this! What an amazing winter this could be.... Unfortunately I missed the beginning…


Phlegmariurus nudus

Phlegmariurus nudus

On the way to the Itatiaia park entrance, towards Agulhas Negras, you’ll find the only sturdy man-made construction – a bridge painted in white. From here you…


Lycopodium thyoides

Lycopodium thyoides

Native range of lycopodium thyoides is Mexico to southern South America. Altitude: 2460 metres.


Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Stag’s-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Native range of stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) is world-wide. Altitude: 2460 metres.


Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Stag’s-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Native range of stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) is world-wide. Altitude: 2460 metres.


Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)

Chestnut-bellied euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) is one of many species of birds seen in the garden of Hotel do Ype.


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

This group of tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) raided the mango trees like there was no tomorrow!


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

In this angle I think the name tufted is appropriate, but it's more commonly known as the brown capuchin. This tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) is naturally part…


White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

A group of spider monkeys was accompanying a group of capuchin monkeys. While the capuchins were busy raiding the mango trees in the garden of Cristalino…


Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Catching the Aurora Borealis is perhaps easy in the northern parts of Norway or in general around the Arctic Circle, but at 60 degrees north where Oslo resides…