Pictures of aerial [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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Rainstorm over the Amazon (Brazil) Soy fields in the Amazon (Brazil) Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea Aerial view of oil palm plantations Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Clearing for Soy in the Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of animals in the Okavango delta Cattle pasture in the Amazon (Brazil) Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Degraded forest and plantations in Jambi Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Airplane view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture (Brazil) Cerrado in two stages of degradation (Brazil) Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil (Brazil) Coastal settlement in New Guinea Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field (Brazil) Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Aerial view of huts in the Baliem Valley Aerial view of mining damage in Indonesian Borneo Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan Gold mining damage (Suriname) Aerial view of mining damage in Indonesian Borneo Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Indigenous village on a muddy river with an oxbow lake nearby (Suriname) Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest (Brazil) Transmigration area in West Papua Forest seen by airplane (Suriname) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan Surf and coastline near Puerto Escondido (Costa Rica) Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Forest seen by airplane (Suriname) Gold mining damage (Suriname) Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes (Brazil) Settlements and fragmented forest in the rural outskirts of Paramaribo (coastal Suriname) (Suriname) Fishing platforms off the coast of Java (Indonesia) Newly cleared land next to a forest reserve (Brazil) Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil (Brazil) Aerial view of Taipei, Taiwan Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Peatlands of Central Kalimantan Logged and degraded forest in Jambi Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of cargo ship dumping effuse (Indonesia) Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes (Brazil) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Sprinkler system for agriculture (Brazil) Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Combine in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of flooded costal rice paddies (Indonesia) Logged and degraded forest in Jambi Aerial view of transition zone between desert and woodland (Kenya) Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Aerial view of peatlands in Central Kalimantan Coastline along Puntarenas (Costa Rica) Aerial view of shifting cultivation in the rainforest (Suriname) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture (Brazil) Oil palm and forest in Jambi Rainstorm approaching over the peatlands of Borneo Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture (Brazil) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes (Brazil) Cerrado or transition forest newly razed for pasture (Brazil) Outskirts of Paramaribo (Suriname) Deforestation near Lake Sentani Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) aerial: 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 | Page 21