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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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Black-blue wasp
Black-blue wasp


Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico


Red insect
Red insect


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


Mechanized agriculture
Mechanized agriculture


Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil


Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães


Pasture and degraded forest
Pasture and degraded forest


Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips
Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips


Black spider with turquoise spots
Black spider with turquoise spots


Plateau in Chapada
Plateau in Chapada


Mosiac of forest, pasture, and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook
Mosiac of forest, pasture, and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook


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


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


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


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


Winding river in Mato Grosso do Sul
Winding river in Mato Grosso do Sul


Yellow caterpillar with blue spots and an orange head
Yellow caterpillar with blue spots and an orange head


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon


Combine in the Brazilian Amazon
Combine in the Brazilian Amazon


Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil


Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon


Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon


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


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado


The 88 Butterfly (Diaethria species); red, black, and white with an
The 88 Butterfly (Diaethria species); red, black, and white with an "88" pattern on its wings


Cattle pasture and transition forest
Cattle pasture and transition forest




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