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


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Trail in El Eden


Steep mountain ridge in the Andes
Steep mountain ridge in the Andes



Garbage dump near Wamena


Rainforest near Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area
Rainforest near Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area

(Laos)


Brownsberg resevior and surrounding rainforest

(Suriname)

Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines
Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines



Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo



Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea



Sign for Peucang Island



Timber market in Banjarmasin



Turquoise rainforest pool



Landslide on a deforested hillside near Jayapura



Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

(Indonesia)

Sunset over the Borneo rainforest
Sunset over the Borneo rainforest

(Malaysia)


Cementary in New Guinea


Raging waterfall near Leaves and Lizards
Raging waterfall near Leaves and Lizards

(Costa Rica)

Khong Phapheng waterfall
Khong Phapheng waterfall

(Laos)


Rainforest creek in Borneo



Bridge over a rainforest creek



Bohorok River at sunset

(Indonesia)


Limestone mountains in New Guinea



Woman planting rice in field



Charred savanna in Madagascar


Expanding agricultural land in the Amazon
Expanding agricultural land in the Amazon


Rainforest tree
Rainforest tree

(Malaysia)


Cloud forest of Chicaque



Penaloza



Sunbeams over the Mara

(Kenya)


Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans



Dugout canoe at Rapids

(Suriname)


Deforestation in Taman Hutan Raya National Park


Gong at Wat Chedi Luang
Gong at Wat Chedi Luang

(Thailand)


Sunset in Colombia's llanos region



Terraced rice fields


Andean river as seen from an airplane
Andean river as seen from an airplane



New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

(Indonesia)


Rice paddies and the forested mountains of Ujung Kulon National Park



Pier in Sunur, near the Rhino Protection Unit outpost/local office for the Ujung Kulon National Park


River on the Amazon side of the foothills of the Andes
River on the Amazon side of the foothills of the Andes


Burning agricultural land in Guatemala
Burning agricultural land in Guatemala

(Guatemala)


model house-finar (Tana)



River in the Arfak mountains


Magenta flowers
Magenta flowers

(Belize)


Rotting tree stump in Borneo



Sunset in Isalo National Park (Isalo)



Spiny forest vegetation



Bird watching guide in New Guinea



Palm oil: 'greening the Earth'

(Indonesia)

Replacing a flat tire on a bus in the Andes
Replacing a flat tire on a bus in the Andes



Rice paddies at sunset in Ubud



Coastal swamp forest in the Colombia Choco



Deforestation in the Arfak mountains


Waterfall in the upper Amazon
Waterfall in the upper Amazon


Stairs at Wat Phou
Stairs at Wat Phou

(Laos)


Rice fields of Malagasy highlands (RN7)



Lake reeds



Deforestation in the Arfak mountains



Beach activities near Maroantsetra


Lao forest
Lao forest

(Laos)


Isalo massif



The western-most point of Java


Reforestation nursery in Jajahuana
Reforestation nursery in Jajahuana



Facility at the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project



Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar



Magenta and while flowers

(Indonesia)


Students quarters at the Lokichoggio Mixed Primary School

(Kenya)


Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest



Arovana (Ankorohoke), a Vezo fishing village


Milky turquoise waters of Tad Kwang Si
Milky turquoise waters of Tad Kwang Si

(Laos)


Cattle grazing on the edge of Andringitra



model house (Tana)



Football field and runway in Capurgana


in the Luang Prabang morning market
in the Luang Prabang morning market

(Laos)


Riambavy waterfall of Andringitra


Colorful seasonal forest along the Mekong
Colorful seasonal forest along the Mekong

(Laos)

Clear-cutting in Laos
Clear-cutting in Laos

(Laos)

Amazon sword plants in the Pantanal
Amazon sword plants in the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Tad Lo waterfall
Tad Lo waterfall

(Laos)


Queen's Rova in Tana under construction



Woman holding a fish



Home on the banks of the Amazon river



Turkana boy with goats

(Kenya)


Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park


Forested mountains of Udomxai province
Forested mountains of Udomxai province

(Laos)

Waterfall in the Bornean rainforest
Waterfall in the Bornean rainforest

(Malaysia)


Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang


Drinking Lao fermented alcoholic beverage
Drinking Lao fermented alcoholic beverage

(Laos)

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