photos: amazon rainforest in Colombia

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Colombia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2007, and 2010. 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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Leaf in the rainforest understory Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Camping in the Amazon rainforest Grassy riverbank of an Amazon tributary Canopy access platform in the flooded swamp forest of the Colombian Amazon Platform in the flooded swamp forest Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon Overhead view of forest clearing in the Colombian Amazon Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Flooded forest in the Amazon Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree Amazon meadow The canopy of the Amazon rainforest Rainforest canopy walkway in Colombia Flooded forest in Colombia Rainforest meadow in the Amazon near Puerto Nariño Platform in the rainforest canopy Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree Closeup on leaves of a rainforest plant Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest Umbrella leaf Aerial view of the Amazon river Rainforest canopy tree Canopy walkway in Parque Amacayacu (Colombia) Banyon tree in the Amazon View from an airplane of Colombia's Amazon rainforest Rainforest vegetation Aerial view of an Oxbow lake off the Amazon river Aerial view of a meandering stream in the Colombian Amazon Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon Socratea exorrhiza (Family Arecaceae/Palmae) [Walking palm] Airplane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Buttress roots in the Amazon swamp forest Sundown in the Amazon rainforest Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Slogging through a swamp in the Amazon rainforest Amazon rainforest canopy as seen at eye level Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru Rainforest canopy Buttress roots of a canopy tree in the Amazon swamp forest Amazon forest canopy as seen at eye level Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree Bromeliad in the Andean montane forest of Colombia Oropendula nests along the Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river Vine growing up trunk of canopy tree in Parque Tayrona Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree Canopy platform in the Amazon rainforest Umbrella leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest Rainforest canopy Emergent canopy tree near a cattle pasture in the Amazon Aerial view of the Amazon river Ladder into the rain forest canopy Sunlit rainforest leaves Page 1 Search for other pictures