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The sun rises on the shores of Año Nuevo, awakening a slumbering elephant seal colony; boisterous young and old males jockey for top-dog status, while young pups and females try to stay clear.

The blossoms of the jacaranda fall like rain from the trees and collect like snow, softening the spring of this mid-pacific sub-tropical archipelago.

Witness the event of dawn alongside a magical inland pond with birds, millipedes, and a range of plants; this is sunrise in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil.