Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Have you ever been afraid to see a person because you knew it would be hard to say goodbye or didn't taste something because you were worried about becoming addicted to it? Or a place you were reluctant to visit because it would have been hard for you to leave?
In Mocoa, Colombia, a river meandered through the lush green jungle forming many waterfalls on its way. I stood in front of a waterfall with a broad smile. A golden pool covered with a canopy of trees from all sides shimmered in the afternoon light. I knew if I went inside the pool, it would be hard for me to come out.
The air smelled foliage and damp earth. The water was dripping from the leaves onto my shirt already soaked in sweat. The birds chirped in the trees, but there was one particular bird sound as though someone was clicking pictures.
Soon, I found myself wading in the pool in a state of oblivion. The pool was a polished mirror of gold. My hands skimmed the cool silky water. It was not gold after all, but thousands of diamonds melting in my palms.
I sank into the pool and could hear the cascading waterfall gushing through the rocks and splashing into the pool. The white noise of the waterfall lured me to stay inside.
When I took my head out, I saw a golden leaf floating in the water as if suspended in the air.
How long will this beautiful waterfall last?
Nature has blessed us with so many resources and beauty, but what we have done to it? The chest of the earth is full of scars. We have polluted air, littered rivers and seas, cut forests and erased many animal species forever. Glaciers are melting, and oceans are rising. But instead of doing something about it, we are instead aiming for a head-on collision by building arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.
The population on the earth is rising rapidly, yet we continue to waste a lot more than what we need. We fail to recognize that although the earth's natural resources are abundant but not infinite. If we continue this way, soon we all will be doomed. We are all responsible for our planet otherwise we will be like that a leaf which turned yellow after getting separated from its tree; the one who came to tell me its story!
Shot in Colombia 2017 by KamranOnBike
Parallax animation from a still image by KamranOnBike
kamranonbike.com
Music: Joy Enough by Tyler Chester | Song License - Musicbed
Have you ever been afraid to see a person because you knew it would be hard to say goodbye or didn't taste something because you were worried about becoming addicted to it? Or a place you were reluctant to visit because it would have been hard for you to leave?
In Mocoa, Colombia, a river meandered through the lush green jungle forming many waterfalls on its way. I stood in front of a waterfall with a broad smile. A golden pool covered with a canopy of trees from all sides shimmered in the afternoon light. I knew if I went inside the pool, it would be hard for me to come out.
The air smelled foliage and damp earth. The water was dripping from the leaves onto my shirt already soaked in sweat. The birds chirped in the trees, but there was one particular bird sound as though someone was clicking pictures.
Soon, I found myself wading in the pool in a state of oblivion. The pool was a polished mirror of gold. My hands skimmed the cool silky water. It was not gold after all, but thousands of diamonds melting in my palms.
I sank into the pool and could hear the cascading waterfall gushing through the rocks and splashing into the pool. The white noise of the waterfall lured me to stay inside.
When I took my head out, I saw a golden leaf floating in the water as if suspended in the air.
How long will this beautiful waterfall last?
Nature has blessed us with so many resources and beauty, but what we have done to it? The chest of the earth is full of scars. We have polluted air, littered rivers and seas, cut forests and erased many animal species forever. Glaciers are melting, and oceans are rising. But instead of doing something about it, we are instead aiming for a head-on collision by building arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.
The population on the earth is rising rapidly, yet we continue to waste a lot more than what we need. We fail to recognize that although the earth's natural resources are abundant but not infinite. If we continue this way, soon we all will be doomed. We are all responsible for our planet otherwise we will be like that a leaf which turned yellow after getting separated from its tree; the one who came to tell me its story!
Shot in Colombia 2017 by KamranOnBike
Parallax animation from a still image by KamranOnBike
kamranonbike.com
Music: Joy Enough by Tyler Chester | Song License - Musicbed
