Michel Braunstein Underwater Photography

NYTimes.co​m has related in its recent article that even though Amazon’s pink dolphins are protected, they are still in danger as local...

11 pages photo-article on the pink dolphins in the splendid Anima Mundi Magazine, published in the Oct-Nov-Dec 2012 issue #8 Nature...

See also Pink Dolphins photo gallery, Pink Dolphins photo-articles part1, Meeting the Pink Dolphins photo-articles part2 #Amazonas #botos...

Dive into the Enigmatic World of Pink Dolphins Black Caiman and Piranhas of the Rio Negro!

The source of the Rio Negro (Black River) in Colombia, continuing its journey to Brazil, through the rich Amazonian forest. Here it converges with the Rio Solimões to form the Amazon. From afar, the Rio Negro appears to be black but from a closer look, it is actually dark brown. This dark color is due to the humic acid which forms due to the incomplete decomposition of the phenol contained in the vegetation of the sandy clearings.

July 2009 At dawn, as we are leaving the Ariau lodge situated at 60 km from Manaus, the mist is rising over the coffee-colored waters of...