Pictures of aerial scenery [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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Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin Smallholder forest clearing in the Amazon Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco Smallholder clearing in the Amazon View of Bogota from airplane Plane view of slums of Medillin Aerial view of deforestation in western Madagascar (Tulear) Southern Madagascar coast (Ft. Dauphin) Gold mining damage (Suriname) Aerial view of Lake Alaotra Aerial view of Pereira Akavandra outlying village; aerial view (Ankavandra) Breaking waves in southern Madagascar (Ft. Dauphin) Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Deforestation in Colombia's Choco Housing for miners in southern Madagascar Aerial view of secondary and primary forest in the Amazon Plane view of Bocas del Toro mangrove islands (pan01-0884) Aerial view of Medillin Sun glinting off a rainforest river (Suriname) Indigenous village on a muddy river (Suriname) Coastal forest in Western Colombia Aerial view of dry forest (Fort Dauphin - Tana Flight) Deforestation in Cauca in Colombia's Choco region Aerial photo of an Amazon tributary Deforestation in Northern Madagascar Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Riverbed near Tulear (Tulear) Forest seen by airplane (Suriname) Deforestation near Ft. Dauphin Deforestation near Ft. Dauphin Plane view of canyon (Grand Canyon) Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Aerial view of ship wrecked on the beach in Ft. Dauphin Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Forest fragment amid a banana plantation Smallholder clearing in the Amazon Deforestation near Ft. Dauphin Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin Coastal lagoon in Bocas del Toro (pan01-0888) Deforestation in Colombia's Choco Rainforest canopy photographed from an airplane (Suriname) View from airplane of mountains near Urumqi (China) tana rice paddies (Tana) Indigenous village (Suriname) Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine (Suriname) Coastal forest in Western Colombia Small farms, pasture, and bananas Aerial view of gallery forest in Berenty Housing for miners in southern Madagascar Aerial view of Nosy Mangabe and the Bay of Antongil Aerial view of transpiration in the Amazon rainforest Southern Madagascar coastline (Ft. Dauphin) Settlements and fragmented forest in the rural outskirts of Paramaribo (coastal Suriname) (Suriname) Aerial view of a beach near Ft. Dauphin Aerial view of an Antandroy village Aerial view of Bocas del Toro mangrove islands (pan01-0883) Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine (Suriname) Forest fragment amid a banana plantation Mining near Ft. Dauphin Mining near Ft. Dauphin Gold mining operation in the Amazon rainforest (Suriname) Aerial view of rice fields, forest degradation, and erosion in southern Madagascar Gold mining ponds (Suriname) Aerial view of an Antandroy village Aerial view of desert rock formations in western China (China) Coastal forest in Western Colombia Aerial view of Leticia-Tabatinga Spiny forest and sisal Choco coast Aerial view of rice paddies, forest degradation, and erosion near Ft. Dauphin Aerial view of a river and an oxbow lake (Suriname) Aerial view of rainforest in Colombia's Choco Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Aerial view of the Amazon river Highland forests in western China (China) Deforestation near Ft. Dauphin Aerial view of a gold mine near Paramaribo (Suriname) Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Aerial view of deforestation and erosion in southern Madagascar (Isalo) Mosaic deforestation for cattle pasture outside of Capurgana Aerial view of a river and an oxbow lake (Suriname) Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Aerial view of coastline of southern Madagascar (Ft. Dauphin) aerial scenery: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12