Pictures of rainforests [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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Forest along bank of Rio Tambopata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red rainforest flower Canopy in the Amazon rainforest Purple flower Aerial view of flowering trees and rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon rainforest (Australia) Overhead view of Amazon basin rain forest Tahan River forest (Malaysia) Nam Et-Phou Louey Rainforest (Laos) Broccoli-like rainforest in the Amazon Giant stranger fig tree Gigantic strangler fig Aerial view of Amazon basin rainforest Rio Napo in Peru (Peru) Overhead view of Amazon basin rainforest Buttress roots after a tree fall Airplane view of the ACEER (D. Soderquist) (Peru) Fungi on a rotting log Transition between logged and healthy rainforest (Brazil) Jungle tree Coastal wetland and river mouth in West Papua River valley in the Arfak mountains Rainforest trees at sunset (Gabon) Segama river (Malaysia) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Emergent Rainforest Tree in Venezuela (Venezuela) Ujung Kulon rainforest Highly biodiverse submontane forest of the Amazon basin Cloud forest in New Guinea Costa Rican rainforest in the late afternoon (Costa Rica) Borneo rainforest Plane view of deforestation in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial pix of Peru's Amazon rainforest Aerial view of logging roads in Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial picture of flowering trees and rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon Ladder into the rain forest canopy Overhead view of Amazon basin forest Rainforest in Tangkoko Reserve Rain forest surrounding lagoon in Gabon (Gabon) Looking down at the forest of the Amazon basin Strangler fig Broccoli-like rainforest in the Amazon Pollen on the Mpivie river (Gabon) Fallen tree in Ujung Kulon Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed from above by airplane Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Indonesia rain forest Flowering trees in the Amazon as seen from above Forest damage caused by elephants (Gabon) Stilt roots of a walking plam (pan01-0724) Aerial photo of the Amazon rainforest in Peru Cerrado-rainforest transition zone (Brazil) Moss covered tree in Ranomafana river (Ranomafana N.P.) Pico Bonito (Honduras) Rainforest in Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (Laos) Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforestV (Peru) Buttress roots and tangled lianas (Malaysia) Aerial picture of a rainforest river in Peru's Western Amazon Mantadia rainforest Rain forest river in Manu Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Costa Rican rainforest canopy (Costa Rica) Forest canopy of Parque Natural Metropolitano (pan01-1563) Rain forest along the Bohorok River (Indonesia) Mexican rainforest Yellow flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest Cecropia tree in the rainforest canopy Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Kalimantan forest Mantadia rain forest Tree with a red trunk in Borneo Looking down from an airplane at forest in the Amazon basin Birdnest fern and rainforest canopy on Nosy Mangabe Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest Overhead view of clear-cutting for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Flowering rainforest canopy Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Red wax palm Tropical forest destruction in Panama (pan01-0515) Rainforest creek (Malaysia) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Orange flowers in the Borneo rainforest Aerial picture of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy Aerial photo of the rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon of Peru Turquoise sea and rain forest of Gorgona Island Rainforest and turquoise ocean Mist-shrouded Forest along the Nam Ou river (Laos) Taman Negara Rainforest (Malaysia) Bird-nest fern rainforests: 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 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37