COSTA RICA 8.3.2009-23.3.2009
Arenal region
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Lake Arenal with Volcano |
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temporarily clearing |
daytime view - Fortuna side |
rockfall west flank |
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fog covers activity even with clear skies |
rare clear view after 6 days waiting... |
Summit with active dome above clouds |
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Summit crater with rockfall from active dome |
climbing from SW side |
erosion gullys hardens climb |
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view from upper vegetation limit |
view to lake Arenal |
impacting rocks from active dome |
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Lake Arenal - S shoreline |
Green iguana |
Iguana |
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Coati |
leaf cutting ant |
Monteverde cloud forest |
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trail crossing snake |
leaf cutting ant road |
Butterfly |
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Monteverde vegetation |
leaf frog |
poisonous dart frog |
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tree snake |
river crocodile |
Rincon de la Vieja region
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view from costal dryland |
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boiling mudpools |
fumarole fogged forest |
mud bubbles |
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boiling mud |
climbing into the clouds |
Rincon summit crater lake |
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'tree occupier' |
Irazu
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Irazu early morning view from Turrialba summit |
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bromelia |
summit forest above clouds |
Turrialba region
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afternoon view to Turrialba |
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W-crater fumaroles |
Earths shadow at sunrise |
Sunrise view from summit |
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first light on active crater |
Turrialba shadow at sunrise |
west crater rim |
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strong fumaroles in west crater |
extinct east crater |
Turrialba daytime view |
Poas
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Poas view from north side |
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cloud forest near Poas summit |
Earthquake damage |
painful reconstruction after 1.09 Earthquake |
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Laguna Kooper - craterlake |
Catarata del Toro |
bathing Tapir |
Pacific coast
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Playa near Jaco |
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Heron |
Falcon |
Turquoise-browed Motmot |
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sunset |
Red Ara |
Howler monkey with cub |
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Cormorant |
Tarcoles river side arm |
Heron |
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Spider |
Sloth |
Manuel Antonio NP |
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Rainbow Toucan |
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Toucan |