The skies around here are amazing and with clouds, mountains, vegetation and rest of the landscape there is almost always something to photograph with the sky.
Here is Mike working on the solar water heating system he was installing to provide hot water to the three upper house, Blue, Orange and Red. 
A few seconds after this Mike actually submerged his head in the water to try and blow on one of the pipes to get the air that seemed to be blocking the water from moving to move. He really gets in to his job.
Mike and Jim discussing possible solutions to the very low water pressure for the showers since switching to the solar water heating system. After many hours, hard work, materials, water outages and more, Mike was unfortunately unable to get the system to work. As he describes in his blog, Chasing Aphroditie, plumbing is more basic here at Iracambi and since we get our water from a nearby stream and use gravity to move the water along and provide pressure for our showers, sinks, etc. it is not always a perfect system. Hopefully a future volunteer will be able to tweak the system and get it going.
Lucy, a volunteer from the UK, plays with Tripod, our resident cat, after dinner. Lucy has been here over a month and will stay till sometime in June working on fund raising, podcasting and more. Tripod got his name as he has four legs but only 3 feet and it is still a mystery as to why he only has three. Rumors around here blame his mom for eating it, a dog for eating it, a birth defect and human cruelty but no one seems to know the answer to "The Legend of Tripod"
Sally, left, and Severine, right, play chess, one of the after dinner activities that many volunteers, staff and researchers enjoy. Sally, from Chicago, has been here for a month and will leave soon. She has been working on fundraising, environmental education and more. Severine, from Switzerland, has been here two weeks and will stay another month plus. She is working on map making using GIS, GPS and more.
Alex, a former volunteer from the UK who returned for a few days to collect some things and say goodbye was showing us his head less pose.
One of the many amazing moths seen around the area. This one was in my house and I took it with this lens cap for a 55 mm lens to give you an idea of its size. Pretty big, wonderfully designed, etc.
Another wonderful Iracambi sunset to end another lovely day in Brasil!!!
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