El Yunque National Forest, formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest, is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. While there are both temperate and tropical rainforests in other states and
El Yunque in the far background, as seen from the east
Rain Forest of El Yunque, Puerto Rico
The three-pointed zemi is often said to represent Yokahu.
View from the Three Peaks (Tres Picachos) in El Yunque
Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of com
El Yunque National Forest
…Spanish: Bosque Nacional El Yunque), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or Bosque Nacional del Caribe), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. While there are both temperate and tropical rainforests in other states and territories, it is the only tropical rainforest in the United States…
A 20th-century reconstruction of an 8th-century Taíno village, located at the spot in which their remains were discovered in 1975, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eloise
Spanish Planter of Puerto Rico with House Slave, ca.1808
Puerto Rico from space, 2008
Rainfall totals from Hurricane Maria