Pictures of aerial photography [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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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River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes Rainbow over the Amazon Aerial photograph of an Amazon oxbow lake Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Islands near Sumatra Canal draining Lake Nasser Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary Shadow of an airplane in the clouds over the Amazon Aerial image of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy Milky turquoise river in the Amazon basin Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Lake Nasser seen from an airplane Lake Nasser seen from an airplane Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Uppermost reaches of the Amazon basin watershed Amazon rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Flowering trees and rainforest canopy in Peru's Ucayali department Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Logged-over rainforest in the Amazon River stained by illegal gold mining Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Rugged Andes Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Remote river in the Andes-Amazon foothills Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture Broccoli forest amid rainforest in the Amazon Remote river in the Amazon Aerial view of a muddy, mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river Small-scale deforestation in the Amazon Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Amazon rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Amazon rain forest canopy from above Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Airplane view of a mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river in Peru Remote house atop a mountain peak in the Andes Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aerial photo of Peru's Amazon rainforest High biodiversity submontane forest of the Amazon basin Forest clearings in the Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial photograph of Amazon broccoli forest High conservation value submontane forest of the Amazon basin 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 Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Rugged Amazon rainforest terrain Peatland clearing in Indonesia Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Amazon river tributary Remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest Deforestation along a river in Peru's southeastern Amazon region River polluted with mine tailings in the Amazon rainforest Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Deforestation for cattle ranching Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon Transoceanica in Peru Amazon rainforest as seen from above Aerial picture of a rainforest river in Peru Aerial view of a shadow of a plane in the clouds over the Peruvian Amazon Yellow flowering tree in Peru's Tambopata Reserve Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Yellow flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Open pit mines in the Amazon Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by gold mines Andean terrain Aerial pix of Peru's Amazon rainforest Forest fire in the Amazon Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border Aerial photo of the rainforest canopy in Peru's Western Amazon Montane forest in the Andes Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Open pit Lamal mine in the Peruvian Amazon Overhead view of a logging road in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial photograph of Broccoli rainforest Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Tropical rainforest river Massive open pit gold mine in the Peru's Madre de Dios department aerial photography: 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