pictures: aerial photography in Peru

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Below you will find a collection of photos from 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.


Environmental news for Peru | SLIDESHOWS: Peru 2011 Peru 2005

Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes Aerial image of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy Uppermost reaches of the Amazon basin watershed Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Shadow of an airplane in the clouds over the Amazon Rainbow over the Amazon Aerial photograph of an Amazon oxbow lake Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Milky turquoise river in the Amazon basin Airplane view of deforestation caused by the Río Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Devastation wrought by an open pit mine in the Amazon Tropical rainforest river Mosaic deforestation near the Transoceanic highway in Peru Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Deforestation for cattle ranching Aerial photograph of a rainforest river Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Amazon river tributary Aerial photo of the rainforest canopy in Peru's Western Amazon Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border River silted and polluted by gold mining in the Amazon Overhead view of a twisting rainforest river Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Orange-red colored river in the Amazon Massive open pit gold mine in the Peru's Madre de Dios department Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine the Peruvian Amazon Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Transoceanica in Peru Blocks of rainforest razed for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) The most inaccessible part of the Amazon basin High biodiversity submontane forest of the Amazon basin Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial picture of deforestation along a river in the Peruvian Amazon Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Yellow flowering tree in Peru's Tambopata Reserve Aerial image of flowering trees in the canopy of the lowland Amazon rainforest Remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial view of a shadow of a plane in the clouds over the Peruvian Amazon Logging road in Peru's Amazon Aerial photograph of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy Andean terrain Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Deforestation for cattle ranching Remote Amazon ranch Remote river in the Amazon Amazon rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border Airplane view of lowland rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Open pit mines in the Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aerial view of a muddy, mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river Deforestation for cattle ranching Aerial picture of gold mining damage in Peru's Amazon rainforest Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Airplane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aerial view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Yellow flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest Aerial view of a rainbow over the world's largest tropical forest Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Lake in the Amazon rainforest Orange-red river in the Amazon Aerial photo of Peru's Amazon rainforest River polluted with mine tailings entering a rainforest river in Peru Amazon rainforest as seen from above Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Deforestation along a river in Peru's southeastern Amazon region Overhead view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20

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