The sun's light is refracted through small ice crystals in the high cirrostratus clouds to create this round rainbow. It was high noon, burning hot and we were heading for lunch. My camera had fallen on day one and was stuck on infinity, f. 7.1, 800 ISO. I could not focus, so I just pointed it and hoped for the best. No one else in my group saw this strange ball in the sky. I did not see the rainbow until I looked at it on my computer.
These puffy little clouds lit from below by the rising sun were a treat for me. It was drawn and the world felt new again. This area of Brazil is made up of plateaus and forest as well as savannah. We were staying at a Posada named for the Harpy Eagles we were hoping to see in this area.
Another "backyard bird" for the Pantanal. These fellows were on a bird table. There were a lot of them. The Pantanal has numerous parakeets and for some of us these were just too common, but for me these birds were too cute not to love.
