Luiz Claudio Marigo / Mist over the canopy of Atlantic rainforest, Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian rhubarb (Gunnera manicata), State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian rhubarb (Gunnera manicata), State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cowboys herding cattle, Santa Catarina, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / The highlands and the Rio do Rastro hotel, Serra do Rio do Rastro, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / A view at night of the winding road that climbs over the Santa Catarina escarpment, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Paper wasps (Polistes sp.), Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Mosses, lichens and epiphytic orchids (Cattleya sp.) in the undergrowth of a Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Mosses, lichens and epiphytic orchids (Cattleya sp.) in the undergrowth of a Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Mosses, lichens and epiphytic orchids (Cattleya sp.) in the undergrowth of a Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Mosses, lichens and epiphytic orchids (Cattleya sp.) in the undergrowth of a Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September. Critically Endangered.

Angelo Gandolfi / Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) forest, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September. Critically Endangered.

Angelo Gandolfi / A view at night of the winding road that climbs over the Santa Catarina escarpment, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Ruby-crowned tanager (Tachyphonus coronatus), female. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Chestnut-bellied euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) male. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Ruby-crowned tanager (Tachyphonus coronatus) male, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon), Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / A polluted river, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Bottle of wine produced in Brazil's southern states, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / A beach at Santa Catarina Island, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / A plate of sea food, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / A plate of sea food, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / A plate of oysters on ice ready to eat, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens), two females in flight, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) in flight by coast, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) feeding on coastal rocks. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) feeding on coastal rocks. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / A plate of sea food, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), immature, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), immature, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) eating fish on beach, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) portrait, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) on beach, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Granite rock formation ('Itaguacu') emerging from the sea, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Granite rock formation ('Itaguacu') emerging from the sea, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010. Panoramic view composed of four shots.

Angelo Gandolfi / Granite rock formation ('Itaguacu') emerging from the sea, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Florianopolis, the bridge and fortress. Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / A Florida-style beach resort, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Praia da Gamboa, within the Right Whale Environmental Protection Area. The mountains of Serra do Tabuleiro (a State Park) visible in the background. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), stranded and dying, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis), one breaching (right) the other turned belly-up and showing pectoral fins. Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) upside down near the Siriu Rocks (Ilhote do Siuriu), Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) very near to a beach. Praia da Gamboa, within the Right Whale Environmental Protection Area, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.