Pictures of amazon rainforest [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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Platform in the flooded swamp forest Camping in the Amazon rainforest Forest along bank of Tambopata river Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Grassy riverbank of an Amazon tributary Leaf in the rainforest understory Sun setting over Amazon rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Canopy access platform in the flooded swamp forest of the Colombian Amazon Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy walkway in Colombia Blocks of rainforest razed for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Closeup on leaves of a rainforest plant Rainforest meadow in the Amazon near Puerto Narino Platform in the rainforest canopy Overhead view of forest clearing in the Colombian Amazon Rain forest canopy in the late afternoon Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Small yellow and silver beetle (Peru) Sunset over the rain forest canopy Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Montane forest of Santuario Ot˙n Quimbaya Umbrella leaf The canopy of the Amazon rainforest Flooded forest in Colombia Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon Primary forest (Brazil) Flooded forest in the Amazon Rainforest canopy; including palm and purple flowering trees Location: Tambopata rainforestV (Peru) Primary forest (Brazil) Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree Late afternoon in the Amazon rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Amazon meadow Buttress roots of a canopy tree in the Amazon swamp forest Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Flooded forest (Brazil) Aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial view of sections of rain forest felled for subsistence agriculture Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Rainforest along the Rio Tambopata Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Rainforest canopy tree Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Light Gap (Brazil) Island forest off the Rio Tambopata Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Aerial view of burning rain forest Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial view of the Amazon river Strangler fig tree; view from forest floor to canopy Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Aerial view of flowering canopy trees Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Hollow in palm tree; used by nesting macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Plane view of deforestation in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Looking down from Kapok platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Peruvian Amazon rainforest creek (Peru) Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Flooded forest (Brazil) Deforestation surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scrub vegetation and secondary forest following deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree Deforestation in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Mining trucks; equipment; opne pits and roads at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in southeastern Peru Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial view of the Amazon river Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine A large-scale mining operation has turned the Rio Huaypetue into a mud and gravel pit in southeastern Peru. The surrounding rainforest is suffering from hunting and cutting for timber and fuelwood. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Walking palm A pickup truck with an "Oro Fino" or "Fine gold" sign at Rio Huaypetue Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Amazon sunset over rainforest canopy Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blackwater river in the Amazon rainforest (Brazil) Clearwater river in the Andean foothills Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial photo of deforestation along road in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Rainforest canopy Sunset over the Rio Napo (Peru) Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Sunset over the Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Emergent canopy tree near a cattle pasture in the Amazon Canopy platform in the Amazon rainforest Strangler fig tree buttress roots Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Rainforest vegetation Airplane view of the ACEER (D. Soderquist) (Peru) Sections of rain forest cut for slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle pasture Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support View of rain forest canopy from platform in Kapok tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) amazon rainforest: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3