Images from the Colombian Amazon

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These " Images from the Colombian Amazon " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Colombian Green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon Orange and black insect Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree Brown and green beetle The canopy of the Amazon rainforest Bromeliad in the Amazon rain forest canopy Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy Anole lizard in the Amazon rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy walkway in Colombia Red flowers of a bromeliad in the Amazon rainforest canopy Platform in the rainforest canopy Flooded forest in the Amazon Woolly monkeys Amazon meadow Flotsam in the Amazon river Red and brown butterfly Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna Amazon spider Giant black and red tarantula in the Amazon rainforest Brown spider Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest Orange and yellow beetle

Lead toad among leaf litter Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf Close-up on a leaf grasshopper Rainbow grasshopper Multi-colored grasshoppers White insect with light orange spots Brown leaf katydid Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands Woolly monkey hanging upside down Green anaconda near a river edge in the Amazon Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in Colombia Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja Harpy eagle, profile head shot Jaguar (Panthera onca) Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) Victoria amazonica water lilies in the Amazon White flower blossom of Victoria amazonica Emerging Victoria amazonica leaf Organic solar cell Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree Black, orange, and light blue butterfly Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments) Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings Green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings Flooded forest in Colombia Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Ranch along the Amazon river Green macaw Rainforest meadow in the Amazon near Puerto Nariño Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest White insect with black spots and an orange head Golden-eyed tree frog near Puerto Nariño Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño Rasberry dragonfly Colombian Ocelot Overhead view of forest clearing in the Colombian Amazon