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Tag: nature
Forests, Water, and Climate: Pillars of Our Survival
Many “international days” go unnoticed, so one of my goals for 2026 is to start highlighting the ones I believe bring attention to crucial issues we’re facing as a planet. To start, celebrating three pillars of our survival: International Day of Forests, International Water Day, and World Meteorological Day.
Plitvice National Park, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes in Croatia is a natural wonderland located in a mountainous area southwest of Zagreb.
Nature Collection
A collection of nature photography from around the world.
Viento Solar, Córdoba
Viento Solar is a natural reserve in the Caribbean department of Córdoba in northern Colombia. For decades, it has served the community and offered a peaceful, bountiful, natural space in the jungle that hugs the coast. Secluded and untouched, Viento Solar is a dream destination for those looking for a rustic, traditional experience. NATURAL RESERVE… Continue reading Viento Solar, Córdoba
Thirty-Five
I always thought I’d be dead by thirty-five. I don’t know where this fixation came from, what triggered it, or why I believed it, but the imagined certainty that I wouldn’t live to see forty defined my 20s and early 30s in a very real way. My friends in university would tell me to stop… Continue reading Thirty-Five
The Colombian Curse: A Love Letter to my Country
Being born in Colombia —a violent and lovely land of duality, of rancid poetry, marvellous heartbreak, impossible beauty, and sequestered abundance— is a curse.
Sun Collection
Sunrise Sunset
The Heart of the World: Minca Jungle
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the tallest seaside mountain range in the world, hugs Colombia’s Caribbean coast, bringing the ocean, the jungle, and mountain-top glaciers together in dramatic landscapes stitched together by crystal-clear rivers. I’ve been very lucky to spend a lot of time in 7 Piedras, which is located at over 1,000 masl perched… Continue reading The Heart of the World: Minca Jungle
The Heart of the World: Minca Sunsets
The diversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta creates some of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen, the vantage point from the ridge of the mountain offering a unique view of the sun setting behind the Caribbean Sea.
Laura Restrepo Ortega 