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Photos of southern amazon 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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Herd of cattle in the Amazon
Herd of cattle in the Amazon


Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon


Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico


Red-eyed dragonfly
Red-eyed dragonfly


Darth vader insect
Darth vader insect


Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation


Light brown planthopper with lime green eyes
Light brown planthopper with lime green eyes


Red flowers
Red flowers


Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area


Blue-eyed dragonfly
Blue-eyed dragonfly


Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest
Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest


Sundown on the Rio das Mortes
Sundown on the Rio das Mortes


Shield bug
Shield bug


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


Metallic green fly
Metallic green fly


Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon


Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation


Nightjar or Pauraque
Nightjar or Pauraque


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


Fury white planthopper
Fury white planthopper


Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest


Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)
Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)


Red color form of the postman butterfly
Red color form of the postman butterfly


Turquoise-headed black flying insect
Turquoise-headed black flying insect



"Hell" at Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina


Palm trees on the savanna at sunset
Palm trees on the savanna at sunset


Chafalote (Rhaphiodon vulpinus)
Chafalote (Rhaphiodon vulpinus)


Red-eyed dragonfly
Red-eyed dragonfly


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães




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