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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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Tunnel spider
Tunnel spider


Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães


Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


Forst clearing for soy
Forst clearing for soy


Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)


Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)


Aerial view of cerrado grassland and transition forest in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Aerial view of cerrado grassland and transition forest in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil


Flooded savanna along the Rio das Mortes, this area is increasing subject to fire
Flooded savanna along the Rio das Mortes, this area is increasing subject to fire


Newborn bat
Newborn bat


Ranchland and cerrado
Ranchland and cerrado


Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes


Large-scale soy in the Amazon
Large-scale soy in the Amazon


Postman butterfly
Postman butterfly


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


Multicolored caterpillar
Multicolored caterpillar


White flowers
White flowers


Orange, yellow, and black spider
Orange, yellow, and black spider


Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon
Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon


Dark red insect
Dark red insect


Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães


Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon
Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon


Transition forest in Chapada
Transition forest in Chapada


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest


Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields in the Amazon


Forest fragments in a sea of soy
Forest fragments in a sea of soy


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


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


Mirante do Centro Geodésico (towards Cuiaba)
Mirante do Centro Geodésico (towards Cuiaba)


Plateau in Chapada
Plateau in Chapada




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