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Pictures of scenery [last update 2011-12-25]


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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Rainforest liana

(Indonesia)


Terraced rice fields



Sunrise over Maui



Poipu beach at sunset



Estuary at Tayrona


Sundown on the Rio das Mortes
Sundown on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)


Warning: vomitting blood prohibited (or no spitting betelnut juice)


Open pit mines in the Amazon
Open pit mines in the Amazon



Loita-Purko (Maasai) village at the base of the Loita Hills

(Kenya)


Andringitra landscape


Cloud forest in Peru
Cloud forest in Peru


Entrance to ATM cave
Entrance to ATM cave

(Belize)

Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by gold mines
Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by gold mines



Rain forest plant leaf



Iguassu Falls



Isla Gorgona



Andringitra valley


Sunset at Nong Khiaw
Sunset at Nong Khiaw

(Laos)

Andean terrain
Andean terrain


Shimmering Pacific and the Costa Rican rainforest
Shimmering Pacific and the Costa Rican rainforest

(Costa Rica)


Sumatran rainforest

(Indonesia)


Bird watching guide in New Guinea



Poler propelling makoro (boat) in delta


Aerial pix of Peru's Amazon rainforest
Aerial pix of Peru's Amazon rainforest



Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea



Jungle stream in Ujung Kulon


Forest fire in the Amazon
Forest fire in the Amazon



Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia



Vezo fishing pirogue



Beach on Isla Gorgona


Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach at sunset
Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach at sunset

(Costa Rica)


Roots of a strangler fig

(Indonesia)


Forest on the Pipiwai trail



Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo



Abandoned equiptment at a graphite mine near Mantandia


Recent cut rainforest
Recent cut rainforest

(Belize)


Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Rope bridge near Wamena



View of grooved granite valleys from atop Pic Boby



Lighthouse near Princeville, Kauai at sunrise



Roots of a stranger fig


Blue waters off the Osa Peninsula
Blue waters off the Osa Peninsula

(Costa Rica)


Maasai Inkajijik

(Tanzania)


Pink and red ginger flower

(Indonesia)


Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley



Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea



Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley



Mist rising from the lagoon at Punta Laguna


Crystal clear jungle pool near ATM cave
Crystal clear jungle pool near ATM cave

(Belize)


Spiny forest and sisal


Rainforest creek in Borneo
Rainforest creek in Borneo

(Malaysia)

Rainforest canopy
Rainforest canopy

(Costa Rica)


Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo



Kualsa Batang (river) at Tangkahan

(Indonesia)

Forest clearing near Chapada
Forest clearing near Chapada

(Brazil)

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Danum river in Borneo
Danum river in Borneo

(Malaysia)

Rice fields on Don Khong
Rice fields on Don Khong

(Laos)


Overlook from the Le Domaine de Fontenay's private forest



Sunset over Loita area in Kenya

(Kenya)


Dry terraced rice paddies



Chilean Patagonia



Forest ranger in Taman Hutan Raya



Ranger using a camera phone on patrol



Sunsets over the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy


Pini Pini River
Pini Pini River


Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico

(Brazil)


Indigenous park guard on forest patrol

(Suriname)


Church in the Tsaranoro Valley



Sunset in Dominical

(Costa Rica)


Peucang Island beach



Elephant Ear Plants



Sailboat versus speedboat in Madagascar



Torres del Paine


Sunset over the Pacific as seen through the Osa peninsula rainforest
Sunset over the Pacific as seen through the Osa peninsula rainforest

(Costa Rica)

Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border
Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border


Phapheng falls
Phapheng falls

(Laos)


Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao



Lowland rainforest in New Guinea


Senum in a rice paddy in Laos
Senum in a rice paddy in Laos

(Laos)


Felucca on the Nile



Torres del Paine



Iguaçu Falls



Ngorongoro Crater with Lake Magadi; as seen from above

(Tanzania)

Sunset over the Cuiaba river in the Pantanal
Sunset over the Cuiaba river in the Pantanal

(Brazil)


Peucang Island forest



Waves crashing on a red sand beach


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