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Photo highlights from Indonesia - 2009

Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009 and 2006. 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.


Environmental news for Indonesia






Sunset over the rice fields of Ubud



Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao



Mt. Semeru, the tallest volcano on Java, erupting



Rice fields at Lemo



Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi



Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter



Toad



Terraced rice paddies of Batutomonga



New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park



Pregnant long-tailed macaque at Uluwatu, with breaking surf in the background



Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs



Pink and red ginger flower



Orangutan in Bukit Lawang



White furry insect (possibly Fulgorid Planthopper nymph)



Sumatran elephant (part of a conservation program to reduce human-wildlife conflict)



Large Orangutan with Open Mouth



Slash-and-burn near Gunung Leuser national park



Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike



Baby orangutan clinging to mother orangutan



Thomas leaf monkeys



Bali sunset



Blue and black butterfly



Aerial view of deforested jungle in Borneo



Tree stump in deforested area



Coffins and wooden effigies in cave at Londa Nanggala



Forest clearing project sponsored by the Indonesian government



Stone face at Puri Saren Agung



Mama Orangutan Carrying Baby



Deep red millipede on forest floor



Face of a young long-tailed macaque



Tombs carved in a rock face at Lemo



Pomelo (Jerunga) fruit



Colorful house among green rice paddies



Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe



Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja



Green praying mantis



Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) drinking at Pondok Tanggui



Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus



White flowers



Rice fields at Lemo



Breaking waves below cliffs of Uluwatu



Colorful tiger beetle



Bohorok River forming the border of Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser



Long-tailed macaque (male)



Silica miners in a speedboat heading upriver to an illegal mining zone



Wall carvings at Borobudur, wheeled-cart



Forest leech on man's wrist



Young Orangutans learning to using tools



Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans)



Bohorok River at sunset



Adult male proboscis monkey with baby



Red ginger flower



Green rice paddy of Ubud



Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)



Large Orangutan Looks Askance



Red grasshawk dragonfly



Baby Orangutan accidentally drops its food



Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi



Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) peeking over a roof so only its head is visible



Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi



Green mantid looking into the camera



Turquoise waters below dramatic cliffs of Uluwatu temple in Bali



Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)



Sunset in the Borneo rainforest



Airplane view of clouds at sunset over the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia



Gecko lizard species with black markings



Adult male and baby proboscis monkeys in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River



Section of jungle that has been cut for swidden agriculture in Borneo



Woman planting in rice paddy



Roots of a strangler fig



Blue beetle with a red head



Rain forest along the Bohorok River



Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head



Hardwood canopy tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park



New oil palm planting near a protected area



Blue leafhopper or planthopper



Crocodile nest site on the Sekonyer River



Fallen tree limbs from an attempt to slash-and-burn an area of rain forest for agricultural use



Silhouetted Boboudur buddha in early morning



One Orangutan helps another on the seesaw



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo



Rice paddy in the early evening



Margin between forest and peatland



Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk



Pink water lotus



Green dragonfly




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