Photo of the month (March 2026 Edition): Praia Dura

Photo of the month (March 2026 edition): Praia Dura   I already mentioned earlier, in the July 2024 edition, that Ubatuba is one of my favorite places in the world. There I wrote that “despite the similarity of the overall landscape [surrounded by green mountains with dense rainforest vegetation meeting the sea], each beach is […]

The missed moment #7: A Lightning Storm Through the Airplane Window

The missed moment #7: A Lightning Storm Through the Airplane Window   Being on a plane flying alongside a lightning storm is something most people would avoid at all costs. For me, it would be an opportunity to finally make a good nighttime photo of lightning, something I’ve been trying to do for quite some […]

Photo of the Month (February 2026 edition): Pontões Capixabas

Photo of the Month (February 2026 edition): Pontões Capixabas   My map app has thousands of spots that I’ve collected over the years, hoping that one day I’ll set foot there. I don’t really have a method for it. Sometimes I see a photo of a place and pin it; sometimes I look at satellite […]

Tapajós Lives!

Tapajós Lives!   Amid a constant bombardment of socio-environmental barbarities, every struggle that halts setbacks must be celebrated. If the current moment of humanity does not allow for advances in biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, and improvements in the way of life of 99% of the global population, then simply preventing things from getting worse is […]

Photo of the month (January 2025 Edition): Caretta caretta

Photo of the Month (January 2026 Edition): The Beginning of a Long Journey   The conservation story of sea turtles is one of the most exemplary cases of how research and action can bring hope for the future of endangered species. Forty years ago, the Brazilian State decided to join forces with civil society on […]

Blast from past #2: The night nky belongs to us!

Blast from the Past #2: The Night Sky Belongs to Us!   More and more, the night sky has been appearing in the news, whether because of the beautiful explosions of polar auroras, or because of the greed of a few billionaires who, with their thousands of small satellites, are putting at risk the study […]

Photo of the Month (December 2025 edition): Beautiful from afar

Photo of the Month (December 2025 edition): Beautiful from afar   Last month, the official results on vegetation loss in the Cerrado and the Amazon were released by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Following a year-by-year slowdown, the results look beautiful from afar, but are far from beautiful when examined closely.   Reductions […]

Exhibition “Paiter Suruí, True People”, by the Lakapoy Collective

Exhibition “Paiter Suruí, True People”, by the Lakapoy Collective Proximity to major urban centres also means greater opportunities to access cultural activities in general, but especially concerts, museums and galleries. While this kind of access to culture is unfortunately concentrated in only a few hubs, each visit has to be made the most of. During […]

A Thousand Words: The Best Year of the Decade to See the Northern Lights

A Thousand Words: The Best Year of the Decade to See the Northern Lights   With winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the arrival of the polar night at high latitudes, the aurora phenomenon (one of the most spectacular on the planet) is easily seen in the most boreal regions of Earth. As a result, […]