Brazil, Amazonas, Comunidade do Aturiá
As the wet season advances and water levels rise, the once clear Igarapé do Aturiá gets flooded by the incredibly dark and tannin-rich water from the Rio Negro. Its very white and fine sand bottom gets mostly covered by leaf litter and a myriad of botanicals, including Macacarecuia pods (Couroupita guianensis) and the naturally “weaven” crownshafts of Jará palms (Leopoldinia pulchra).
Fallen trees and branches create areas of slower current where debris accumulates and where the bottom remains exposed and the occasional sunlight gets trough, the contrast between the dark, decaying matter and the fine white sand is stark.
This biotope project was created to celebrate and eternize the memories from my visit to this magical place. In the wine-like dark red water of Aturiá a dream came true as I observed Paracheirodon axelrodi in the wild for the first time. Their red bodies almost blending with the surroundings, making the unmissable iridescent, neon blue stripe to stand out divinely.
- GPS
- -2.5730000, -60.3724670
- Geographical region
- South America
- Drainage Basin
- Amazon
- River catchment
- Rio Negro
- Water body type
- Igarapè
- Water body name
- do Aturiá
- Water body part
- River mouth
- Water body course
- Lower course
- Water body: tributary of
- Rio
- Tributary name
- Rio Negro
Videos above and below water
