These photographs are the first record of a previously undiscovered tribe of people living deep in Brazil's rain forest.
Up until now, there is no record of these people ever having made contact with the outside world, or vice versa.
The men in the photo have painted their bodies with a red-orange paint, and the women have painted themselves black. Is this in response to the plane, which was making its second pass over the area? We can only provide conjecture.
It is amazing to think of all that is yet to be discovered. Just when we think we've got our planet tidilly figured out, something like this comes along. Like the coelacanth, or the rediscovery of the colossal squid, or this tribe furiously defending itself by launching arrows and spears at the plane flying overhead.
This Earth of ours is still full of magic and promise.
Here's the article from the BBC: Isolated Tribe Spotted in Brazil
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