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Palm tree in the rainforest canopy

Rainforest canopy, including palm and purple flowering trees

View of rain forest canopy from platform in Kapok tree

Philodendron epiphyte in Kapok tree

Looking down from Kapok platform

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods

Canopy tree with yellow flowers

Purple flowering tree in the rainforest canopy

Canopy tree

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods

Tree with vines on trunk

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (close)

Stilt roots of walking palm tree

Hollow in palm tree, used by nesting macaws

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (closeup)

Rainforest canopy trees

Brazil nut tree

Canopy as viewed between wood rails of Kapok platform

Fallen tree in Rio Tambopata

Hollow in palm tree, used by nesting macaws

Cecropia tree in the rainforest canopy

Brazil nut pods

Purple flower vines growing on riverside canopy tree

Canopy tree

Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

Canopy tree with yellow flowers

Duroia hirsuta trees in blood.

Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.)

Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log

Side-necked turtles (Podocnemis unifilis)

Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log

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