Highlights: Pictures from Peru

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Rhett Butler's 2011 trip to Peru. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995, 2005, and 2011. 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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Insect nymph Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary Aerial image of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy Dry river bed in the Amazon basin Sunset in the Amazon rainforest Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest Mist over the Amazon rainforest at sunset Uppermost reaches of the Amazon basin watershed Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Dry river bed in the Amazon basin Plant with bright pink stems Moth that resembles a leaf Remote river in the Andes-Amazon foothills Lowland Amazon rainforest river Deforestation for cattle ranching Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Dry river bed in the Amazon basin Butterfly Bat being held by a bat researcher Forest fire in the Amazon Amazon rainforest as seen from above Manu canopy walkway Pini Pini River Forest clearings in the Amazon Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Overhead view of a twisting rainforest river Heiroglyphics in the Andes Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Darth Vader planthopper Sunset over the Andes Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Deforestation for cattle ranching Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper Upper Amazon forest and the Andes Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon Bat Amazon rainforest and Andean glaciers and peaks Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes Rainforest canopy leaves Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border Small village in the Peruvian Andes Manu cloud forest Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Furry red caterpillar Small village in the Peruvian Andes Butterfly Rugged Andes Leaf katydid Black moth Butterflies feeding on a flower Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial picture of a rainforest river in Peru Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) Red and black caterpillar Overhead view of flowering trees and rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon Ancient Inca agricultural terraces Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial image of flowering trees in the canopy of the lowland Amazon rainforest Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Rainbow over the Amazon Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru Aerial photograph of an Amazon oxbow lake Milky turquoise river in the Amazon basin Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park Yellow and black banded caterpillar Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Shadow of an airplane in the clouds over the Amazon Manu Cloud Forest Lodge Yellow and red Heliconia Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Camouflaged insect Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Male rhinoceros beetle Insect nymph Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes Massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Amazon rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon View of the Amazon rainforest through the Kosnipata Valley Manu canopy walkway Amazon cloud forest and the Andes Remote river in the Amazon Aerial view of a shadow of a plane in the clouds over the Peruvian Amazon Cloud forest in Peru Sunset over the Andes Polluted river merging with a pristine river in the Amazon Orange-red colored river in the Amazon Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Fern Logged-over rainforest in the Amazon

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