Silent cactus

It isn't a cementery... but the silence and the wind can recreate so many things in middle of the cactus. As if they walk direct the hill praying for their lifes.

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No, no es un cementerio... pero el silencio y el viento pueden recerear tantas cosas en medio de los cactus. Como si ellos caminaran directamente hacia el cerro pidiendo por sus vidas.

silent cactus...

One silent cactus watch the distant green hill which contrasts with the aridity of its home...

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Un cactus silente observa al distante paisaje verde que contrasta con la aridez de su hogar...

like fireworks

A beautiful detail of the nature!

Theme day: best photo of the year

It was very difficult to choose just one pic for this day, the theme for january is "the best photo of the year". In this pic you can see some cactus like buildings, maybe ants have a similar view when they walk an the garden.

Today, bloggers from the Daily Photo around the world chose their best photo of the year, you can visit them in the next links :)

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San Pedro cactus

Maybe, you can't see the cactus... it's San Pedro cactus, a fast-growing columnar cactus native to the Andes of Peru. Old peruvian people used to recreating their imagination, maybe to see the future, it was considered like a "spiritual plant".

I guess, then to drink san pedro, you'd see the things like this pic ^^.

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Wiki says: The San Pedro cactus is used as an entheogen in shamanic cultures of the Andes and more recently in the western world[citation needed]. The most common form of preparation is to cut the cactus into slices, boil it for over 7 hours and juice it into a green liquid preparation that is then drunk during the ceremony which usually happens at night[citation needed].