Tierra Unica

Ocelot Kittens From Peru Introduced To The Seattle Zoo!

Ocelot kittens, Novia and Corisandra, and their Mother, Bella, from the Peruvian Amazon explore their exhibit during their introduction to the public at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.
Moche Ocelot. 200 A.D. Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru. The Moche people of ancient Peru worshiped animals and often depicted the Ocelot in their art. Salvatore Dali in 1965 with his Ocelot friend at St Regis.

Siberian Husky Mom Nurses Baby Amazonian Black Panther!

A momma panther from the Amazon, South America suffered great distress during the bombing of 1999. and since then she kills her cubs. Therefore, employees of Belgrade Zoo had to find surrogate mother. That was their husky female dog - Blacky.

Screen shot of the video below:

The little black panther was born in Belgrade Zoo, but his biological mother rejected him so they had to find another animal to be his mother, and this prize winning Husky accepted him like her own.

The Glory Of Mountains - La Gloria De Las Montañas - La Tierra Unica!

Here is a stunningly beautiful picture-video done by a vlogger from Argentina named Marcos (aka: IBruit). 

 

He has put spectacular images of many of the famous mountains from around the world on this video.  There are many pictures of the great mountains of the United States, Asia, and Africa.  Also, if you have traveled to South America, you will see the unbelievable images of the great mountains of the "Cordillera Blanca", the Andes Mountain range, and the "Patagonia"!

 

But what is the most stunning and beautiful thing about this video is that IBruit used the music of one of the greatest classical piano artist of all-time as a background setting - the Russian Rachmaninov! It is called Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2.

 

If you look at this video and listen to the music, you will come to the conclusion that the Earth is Unique.  Like the name of this blogsite -"La Tierra es unica......Tierra Unica"  

 

IBruit calls his video - The Glory Of Mountains - La Gloria De Las Montañas!!!

 

Glorious Mountains to the music of Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto # 2
Pictures of the following mountains from around the world are in the video:

Above the Clouds, Mt. Shasta, California -
Aerial View, Mount McKinley, Alaska -
Alpenglow on the Slopes of Mount Hood, Oregon -
Alpine Tarn and Mount Belleview, Paradise Divide
Annapurna II (7937m) from Ghyaru Marsyangdi Valley
Autumn at Matterhorn Peak, Sawtooth Range, California
Bachsee, Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Switzerland -
Baltoro Trek, Pakistan -
Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake,
Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake, Inyo National Park
Beauty Beyond Borders, Outside Aspen, Colorado -
Brand New Day, Grinnell Point, Summer Glacier National Park
Carson Peak, Sierra Nevada, California -
Chief Mountain Glacier, Montana -
Cirque of the Unclimbables, Nahanni National Park
Clouds over Mount Chiquita, Ypsilon Mountain -
Crimson Light, Patagonia, Argentina -
Crimson Rise, Zion, Utah -
Cuernos Del Paine, Andes Mountains, Chile -
Dusy Basin, Kings Canyon, California -
Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon -
Everest, Lhotse, Himalayan Peaks, Nepal -
Fall Spectrum in the Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier
Fitzroy Peak, Andes Mountains, Argentina -
Full Bloom, San Juan Mountains, Colorado -
Golden Peaks of Rundle Mountain, Banff National Park
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming -
Great Sand Dunes National Monument -
Hallett Peak and Lake Haiyaha at Sunrise, Rocky Mountains
Haut Atlas Mountains, Morocco -
Herbert Lake and Bow Range, Canadian Rockies,
Hidden Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Hovering Above, Mount Elbert, Colorado -
Image Lake Glacier, Peak Wilderness, Washington
Kenai Mountains, Canyon Creek, Alaska -
Mammoth Peak, Yosemite National Park, California
Maroon Bells at Sunrise, Aspen, Colorado -
Maroon Bells, White River National Park
Masherbrum Peak, Baltoro Trek, Pakistan -
Matterhorn, Valais, Switzerland -
Mirror Lake, Mount Rainier, Washington -
Misty Peaks, Alps, Austria - -
Mount Adams, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington
Mount Assiniboine, Provincial Park, British Columbia
Mount Athabasca, Jasper National Park, Alberta -
Mount Baker Snoqualmie, National Forest, Washington
Mount Everest, 1983 -
Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina -
Mount Fuji, Japan - -
Mount Hood at Sunset, Oregon -
Mount Mayon, Legazpi City, Luzon Islands, Philipines
Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska -
Mount Moran in Autumn, Wyoming -
Mount Nuptse, Himalaya Mountains, Nepal -
Mount Nuptse, Nepal -
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington -
Mount Rainier, Washington - 1600x1200 -
Mount Shuksan, North Cascades National Park, Washington
Mount Sneffels, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

Mount Shasta, California

 

Cuernos Del Paine, Chile

Bachsee, Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Switzerland

 

Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia, Argentina

 

Mount Fuji, Japan

Animals In Motion!

Pretty slick - Animals In Motion!

Electronica - Trance Artist ATB's Night Watch - Amazon River Journey!

Hey folks,

Here is a super cool video from a vlogger in Romania (Eastern Europe) called "ATB's Night Watch - The Blue Planet".  The music genre is electronica/trance from a German DJ artist named Andre Tanneberger (ATB). 

This video is a fantastic music journey that starts at the source of the Amazon, the Peruvian Andes, goes through the Peruvian Amazon River, then the Brazilian Amazon River, and finally ends at the mouth of the mighty river in the Atlantic Ocean!

For those that have traveled to the South American Amazon, you can see that the video starts at Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes, the certified and actual source of the Amazon River & Rainforest, and travels with the water flow from the glacial stream on the Mismi into the Quebradas Carhasanta and Apacheta, which flow into the Rio Apurimac which is a tributary of the Ucayali which later joins the Maranon to form the Amazon proper.

For observant eyes, you can see the Peruvian animals and birds:  the Guanaco grazing near the Nevado Mismi, the mighty Condor (largest flying bird in the world) soaring over the Andes, and the tropical Macaws of Claw Lick, Peru.      

From there the video goes through Iquitos, Peru and heads eastward just outside the big Brazilian river city of Manaus.  The video follows the river and heads toward the Atlantic Sea and finally ends at the mouth of the might river, the Amazon estuary between Cabo do Norte and Punto Patijoca, Brazil. 

This video is a quick time lapse journey of the #1 natural wonder of the world: The Amazon Rainforest & River - lung & main artery of the Earth!  The Amazon River has more volume of water than the next 10 biggest rivers in the world combined!!!.  23% of the world's fresh flowing water.  It is by far the biggest and now officially the longest river in the world.  

In South America, the Amazon River is also called the River Sea (El Rio Mar).

Electronica Artist ATB's Night Watch - The Blue Planet: Amazon River Journey - From the Peruvian Andes, through the Amazon River, through Brazil, and finally to the Atlantic Ocean!!!   

Picture of a Peruvian Guanaco in the Andes (Guanaco is a smaller cousin of the Llama):

The mighty Andean Condor, the world's largest flying bird with a wingspan of over 13 feet:   

 

The Synchronized flight of the Macaw flock at Claw Lick, Peru:

The Peruvian Amazon River, outside of Iquitos:

Outside of Manaus - Amazonia, Brazil: 

Two riverboats on the Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil:

A picture called "Indio Fortunato" (Now, I don't need to translate that!  Do I?).  This image was taken near Manaus, Brazil in the Amazon Rainforest.  It was presented by Discovery Channel Photos.  Huh, he looks intrigued and amused:   

From a satellite shot of over a 1000 miles above the Amazon estuary in Brazil - Beautiful colors at the mouth of the world's greatest river & rainforest: