PHOTOS & STORIES
A winter evening, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
The sun is receding behind the high peaks of the Central Apennines and, below, a last beam of light lingers on the frozen, snow-covered surface of Lake Barrea in the Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise National Park. [...]
Daybreak on the Sibillini national Park, Italy
By the very day break, I had already climbed up to the spot I had chosen for the photos. At a certain point, the tense east wind became stronger and began to lift patches of [...]
A surprise in the marshland. A wolf in the Alviano protected area, Umbria, Italy
It is almost dawn. The first faint light reveals a landscape dominated by fog. A group of spoonbills appears in the distance, looking like white ghosts suspended in an indistinct atmosphere. Noises are muffled, there [...]
In the snowy boreal forest
Even the snow seems to shiver from the great cold and falls in minute flakes, thickly packed. Noises come muffled and are lost in the distance in the boreal forest caught in the grip of [...]
Frost-flowers, Sibillini National Park
During my frequent wanderings in the Central Apennines, several times I have been able to observe a phenomenon whose nature and rarity I only now know: frost-flowers, peculiar dendritic formations that form on frozen water [...]
Outstretched wings, the bearded vulture
Seen from a distance, the bearded vulture's nearly three-meter wingspan disappears against the mighty profile of the mountain. The distance is considerable, but I can clearly make out the silhouette of the great vulture as [...]