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25%u201c T H E B I R T H P L A C E O F THE SUN AND THE MOON%u201d%u201cTHE START OF EVERYTHING%u201dAs sun starts to rise over Chiribiquete%u2019s tepuys, the plant life begins its day routine creating energy out of light. During photosynthesis, the plants release water vapour into the surrounding atmosphere. Dawn%u2019s cool temperatures causes the jungle%u2019s moisture to slowly rises in a heavy mist. These clouds hang just above the tepuys, producing a spectacular sight of a prehistoric lost world.As the sun slowly warms the ancient granite surface of the tepui surface rock, plant vapour turns to liquid water and drips onto surfaces. This dribble feeds into both temporary and permanent water streams. Much of it filters through the porous rock, exiting to the sides of the most accentuated tepui slopes. This water cycle creates incredibly beautiful waterfalls, which cascade in a rainbow of different colours (produced by the iron content dissolved from the rocks).The highlands have a stunning diversity of exotically shaped rock forms produced by water processes. Over millennia, the power of water has eroded the ancient rocks creating magnificent stone arches, curved and polished walls, chasms and open cavities. The interaction between the atmosphere and the highland rocks, amplifies Chiribiquete%u2019s wealth of water. This bounty helps fuel the region%u2019s greater biodiversity by creating and fuelling the formation and preservation of unique ecosystems. The metamorphosis of Chiribiquete%u2019s highlands result from the Earth%u2019s ancient and ongoing tectonic processes combined with the relentless disintegrating power of weather and the now long gone processes of pre-historic Oceanic erosion.Such a great number and variety of geographic forms and marvellous isolated tepui making this natural park a unique place in the world. But, for all their isolation, the tops of tepuis are not barren. They are like islands in the sky, covered with low forests. Carnivorous plants attract insects from the thick, damp rolling fog into their deadly pools of fluid. Brightly coloured butterflies and moths are scattered amongst the scrub vegetation. The steep walls of the tepuis are colonized by clinging plants and pitted by small caves that harbour unique ecosystems of their own. These caves are a dark, and mysterious ecosystem consisting of bats, cave spiders and cave scorpions. More recently referred to as %u201dThe Sistine Chapel of the Amazon%u201d, the base rock layers of some tepui are pitted with secret enclaves, mysterious tunnels and esoteric rock shelters. Many of these, as well as some of the sharply sloping faces, are decorated with thousands of astoundingly dramatic and complex scenes, murals and paintings.2ND INSTAR DEVELOPMENTAs caterpillars grow, they get to a point where they must shed their skin before they can continue to develop. The larva has five stages called instars. The larva of the Blue Morpho is quite distinct in each stage.THE SISTINE CHAPEL OF THE AMAZON