PhotoExposition - Berlengas 12'

On August 2012 our team went on a second expedition to the Berlengas Archipelago. This time we focused our attention on the fauna that inhabits the landscapes and waters of the main island. We took a preliminary and less methodical look on the biodiversity of this insular ecosystem that may enable us to return in the near future and catch a more extensive glimpse of the many wonders of life happening on this cliffs and shallows.

Bellow there is a collection of photos captured by our team during the expedition: Enormous colonies of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) filled with grey chicks and protective nesting adults; dry highlands full with interacting bocage's wall lizards (Podarcis bocagei berlengensis) and grasshoppers; Thriving thinlip mullets (possibly Liza ramada) and sargos (Diplodus sargus) on almost crystal clear waters - Life in its greatest beauty and complexity.
Enjoy!

Wonderful Picture

Look deeply into this image.

This is part of a greater panorama captured by NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity and shows us a quite familiar landscape. It is such an absolutely wonderful picture: Every rock, every mountain, every surface featured in this photo bears striking similarities to all the rocks and mountains, all the landscapes on Earth. This photo underscores that Mars, a point of pale red light on our night skies, is in fact a place as real as our home planet Earth...

...and we could reach it in our lifetime.



Entire photograph in http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/708550main_PIA16453-FigA_sol6_from_Rocknest_raw.jpg

Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Female's shell found on Praia do Cavalinho, Ericeira
Length: 5,5cm (main body 2x2cm)

Troodontid

Troodontid
Illustration by Paulo Cruz