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Photos of mato grosso in Brazil) [updated 2009-04-20]


Below you will find a collection of photos from Brazil. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009, 2007, and 1999. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes at high level
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes at high level


Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy


Golden flower blossoms
Golden flower blossoms


Brown cricket
Brown cricket


Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)


Tunnel spider nest
Tunnel spider nest


Tunnel spider
Tunnel spider


Gallery forest and recovering pasture
Gallery forest and recovering pasture


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest


Aerial view of cattle in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of cattle in the Brazilian Amazon


Jabiru stork
Jabiru stork


Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico


Brown skipper butterfly on a red hibiscus
Brown skipper butterfly on a red hibiscus


Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight
Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight


Giant cockroach with business card for scale
Giant cockroach with business card for scale


Clearing for Soy in the Amazon
Clearing for Soy in the Amazon


Legal forest reserve and pasture
Legal forest reserve and pasture


Sunset on the Rio das Mortes
Sunset on the Rio das Mortes


Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters


Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon
Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon


Yellow, white, and black moth
Yellow, white, and black moth


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil


Brown and black beetle
Brown and black beetle


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


Baby bat
Baby bat


Butterfly peeking over a leaf
Butterfly peeking over a leaf


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest


Sunset on the Rio das Mortes
Sunset on the Rio das Mortes


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)




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