Additionally, water in the igapó is relatively slow moving compared to the main river channel, thus providing a safer environment for juvenile botos to swim, develop, and grow. The Igapo is an ecologically important area for the botos as this area is used as nursery grounds for mother botos and their offspring. Hausers’ goal on this trip was not to just photograph the botos, but to photograph them underwater at the Igapo, the flooded forest. It is believed that these river dolphins entered the Amazon River from the Pacific Ocean before the Andes were formed and were subsequently trapped in the freshwater. Though specifically adapted to their lowlight freshwater environment these dolphins share their marine relative's intelligence and have learned that fishermen are associated with an easy meal. These unique cetaceans are quite different in appearance from the tropical oceanic species that most divers encounter. Hauser's mission was to find the Amazon river dolphin ( Inia geoffrensis), or Boto as they’re locally know. The Rio Negro, as the name suggests is what is known as a 'blackwater river' providing a very different photographic challenge. On a different adventure, Jorge headed for the Rio Negro, the largest tributary of the Amazon River, and one of the world’s largest rivers by average discharge. He believes this is the only river in the world that combines green anacondas and clear waters that provide optimal conditions to document the reptile’s underwater behavior.Īs Hauser explains, although the water is relatively clear, one must still be incredibly close to their subject in order to get “the shot”. This rare giant is known to reach a length of thirty feet and weigh as much as 550lbs. Here, Hauser is on the search to photograph the green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ).

More than 1,600 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles have been identified in the Cerrado. In a vast and lush savanna wetland locally known as Cerrado, resides an ecosystem that occupies about 20% of Brazilian territory. This is a photojournalism composition of Jorge Cevera Hauser and his encounters in the Brazilian Amazon. Underwater photography can bring people to every inch of the planet, from saltwater to fresh, tropics to arctic, and everywhere in between.

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