Agua Azul • Chiapas

Being blue is not necessarily a bad thing . . .
Agua Azul runs through a dense rain forest teeming with wildlife and cuts through limestone, which gives it a vivid blue color. A 100m zone on either side of the river is cooled by the flowing river, giving much-needed relief from the tepid tropical heat. Behind the water of the falls are small caves which can be accessed by diving and surfacing behind the cascading water--an incredible experience.

This image came from an old Kodak transparency shot by a Yashica ELECTRO 35CC, scanned by an HP Scanjet G4050 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.