Images Dated 31st August 2019

Crown woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

Crown woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), male. Female is green all over but for a grey throat and breast. Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica

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Painted spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata)

Painted spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata), male. The female lacks the white spots on the body. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

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The Pinnacles Desert

The Pinnacles Desert, limestone monoliths. No one knows just how the limestone pillars were formed, or why they have formed only here and a few other places. Certainly they came from deep down in sand formed of broken-down shells that was cemented by rain into limestone. Fire possibly removed the vegetation that had held the surface together, so that wind gradually uncovered the pillars. Nambung National Park, Western Australia

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