17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Bat, endemic flowers and mystic mountains.

This picture shows a small scrub covered in Inirida flowers, a plant endemic to the Colombian and Venezuelan Orinoco region, at the feet of the Mavecure mountains at night while a bat passes by. This picture was taken during a night hike on one of the rock fields that cover this region.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2019
Date Uploaded: 08.2019
Photo Location: Puerto Inirida, Colombia
Camera: NIKON Z 6
Copyright: © Sebastian Di Domenico