Pictures of Rainforest in Peru

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Sunset over the rain forest canopy Sun setting over Amazon rainforest Palm tree in the rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy, including palm and purple flowering trees Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane Blocks of rainforest razed for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes Rain forest canopy in the late afternoon Late afternoon in the Amazon rainforest Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (closeup) Canopy tree with yellow flowers Purple flower vines growing on riverside canopy tree Philodendron epiphyte in Kapok tree Brazil nut pods Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Rain forest canopy Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (close) View of rain forest canopy from platform in Kapok tree Rain forest canopy Rainforest canopy trees Cecropia tree in the rainforest canopy Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree Looking down from Kapok platform Canopy tree Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Drawing showing puma-like shape of Ollantaytambo Aerial view of rainforest cleared for agriculture Plane view of deforestation in the Amazon Deforestation in the Amazon Giant Rio Huaypetue gold mine Aerial view of open pit mine in the Amazon rainforest Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine. Mining trucks, equipment, opne pits and roads at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in southeastern Peru Downstream from the Rio Huaypetue gold mine. Rio Huaypetue gold mine and associated deforestation as viewed from an airplane Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine. Mining trucks and equipment at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in Peru A pickup truck with an "Oro Fino" or "Fine gold" sign at Rio Huaypetue Truck dumping gravel at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine Part of the former Rio Huaypetue. Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine Scrub vegetation and secondary forest following deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Overhead view of clear-cutting for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial photo of deforestation along road in the Amazon Aerial view of logging road beneath the rain forest canopy Aerial photo of deforestation in the Amazon Aerial view of sections of rain forest felled for subsistence agriculture Aerial view of burning rain forest Aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon Deforestation for agriculture surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest Clearing for cattle pasture along road in the Peruvian Amazon Deforestation surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest Sections of rain forest cut for slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle pasture Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed from above by airplane Rainforest along the Rio Tambopata Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes Meandering rainforest river with large beaches and sandbars Clearwater river in the Andean foothills Sunrise over rainforest along the Rio Tambopata Late afternoon in the Amazon rain forest Rainforest along the Rio Tambopata Amazon sunset over rainforest canopy Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Rainforest canopy in the late afternoon Buttress roots of rainforest tree Canopy tree Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.) Strangler fig tree buttress roots Tree stump in rainforest Flowering rainforest canopy Aerial view of flowering canopy trees Tachigali tree, note lack of vegetation around the tree Island forest off the Rio Tambopata Reddish red meandering through dark green rain forest Strangler fig tree Heavily vegetated streambed in the rainforest Buttress roots of rainforest tree Strangler fig tree, view from forest floor to canopy Canopy trees Strangler fig tree Hollow in palm tree, used by nesting macaws Flowering trees in the rainforest canopy Tachigali stem cut to reveal ant passages. Strangler fig tree, view from forest floor to canopy View of rain forest canopy Strangler fig tree buttress roots Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise in the canopy Sunset over rainforest canopy in Peru Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunset over rainforest canopy in Peru Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

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