Beautiful Iguazu Waterfalls
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Beautiful Iguazu Waterfalls
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Created by federal decree nr. 1035 of January 10, 1939, the Park comprises a total area of 185,262.5 hectares and a length of about 420 km, 300 km of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Brazilian and Argentinean sides together comprise around 225 thousand hectares. The park shares with Iguazu National Park in Argentina one of the world's largest and most impressive waterfalls, extending over some 2,700 m. It is home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, among them the giant otter and the giant anteater. The clouds of spray produced by the waterfall are conducive to the growth of lush vegetation. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.The Iguazu National Park owes its name to the fact it includes an important area of the Iguazu river, approximately 50 km of the length of the river and the world famous Iguazu Falls. It is the most important park of the Prata Basin and, since it is a haven to a significant genetic asset of animal and vegetal species, it was the first park in Brazil to receive a Management Plan. The park's basic goal is the preservation of the highly relevant ecologically and scenic natural ecosystems, thus enabling scientific research and the development of environmental education and interpretation activities, recreation in natural surroundings and the ecological tourism. The Iguazu National Park is spectacular as well as pioneering. The first proposal for a Brazilian national park aimed at providing a pristine environment to "future generations", just as "it had been created by God" and endowed with "all possible preservation, from the beautiful to the sublime, from the picturesque to the awesome" and "an unmatched flora" located in the "magnificent Iguacu waterfalls". These were the words used by Andre Rebouas, an engineer, in his book "Provinces of Parana, Railways to Mato Grosso and Bolivia", which started up the campaign aimed at preserving the Iguazu Falls way back in 1876, when Yellowstone National Park, the first national park on the planet, was four years old. On November 17, 1986, during the UNESCO conference held in Paris, the Iguacu National Park was listed as Natural Heritage of Humanity and is one of the largest forest preservation areas in South America.
FEATURED 3/8/15 in "Spanish Theme Artwork"
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FEATURED 3/13/15 in "3 A Day AAA Images"
FEATURED 3/19/15 in "All Fine Artwork"
FEATURED 4/17/15 in "1 A Day Waiting Room Art"
FEATURED 4/18/15 in "Landscape and Landmark Photography"
FEATURED 4/26/15 in "All Natural Scenery Landscape"
FEATURED 8/28/15 in "500 Views"
FEATURED 2/15/17 in "Images That Excite You"
FEATURED 2/17/17 in "Artists Cards Fine Art Cards"
WINNER 1st Place in "Waterfalls" challenge in FAA "Travel Art" group 7/16/17
FEATURED 9/8/17 in "FAA Pixels All Stars"
FEATURED 1/27/18 in "Your Very Best Photography"
FEATURED 3/18/18 in "Travel Art"
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March 6th, 2015
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Comments (27)
Mary Ann Weger
Congratulations! Your beautiful work has been featured in the Fine Art America group “FAA- Pixels All Stars”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page—topic name: “3b--Open--FEATURED IMAGES to Archive & Thank You Thread - August and September, 2017”. Simply copy your image’s URL, and paste it into the Discussion Page theme as noted above. Group URL: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/f-a-a--pixels-all-stars.html
Melly Terpening
So beautiful!! Congratulation Venetia for the 1st place in Weekly Chalenge - Amazing Waterfall in Travel Art Group. FL
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations Venetia for your win in the Travel Art group challenge of the week at Fine Art America!
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you Tatiana - how do I go about posting the next challenge??
George Bostian
Venetia, Congratulations on 1st place in the Travel Art Challenge with the amazing waterfall. You can now pick what the next challenge is.
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you George...well I will have a hard time choosing the next challenge!!
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”