9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Los Roques, Venezuela looks like an unnatural blemish on an otherwise featureless plane. The islands, or keys rather, barely rise above the water, as if they had once in their youth aspired to be moun

Los Roques, Venezuela looks like an unnatural blemish on an otherwise featureless plane. The islands, or keys rather, barely rise above the water, as if they had once in their youth aspired to be mountains, but were discouraged. An amazing place...

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2011
Date Uploaded: 11.2011
Photo Location: Dependencias Federales,
Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 85 IS
Copyright: © Johannes Nelson