Pictures of scenery [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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Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta Borneo rain forest Kalimantan forest Tad Fane falls (Laos) Airplane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Osa peninsula beach (Costa Rica) Pachypodium geayi (local name: Vontaka) Karst formation along the Nam Ou river (Laos) Fallen purple flower in the Choco rainforest Canopy walkway (Costa Rica) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Trail in Montagne d'Ambre Cuiaba seen in the distance from Chapada (Brazil) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes Rainforest sunset (Costa Rica) Cattle grazing on former tropical forest land (Guatemala) Dive boat off Bunaken Ship off Peucang Island Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Cave in a New Guinea rainforest Clouds seen in a rice field in Ubud, Bali Horseman's star (Hippeastrum) in the Lacassine Wildlife Refuge cypress swamp Vezo fishing pirogue Wild red ginger flowers Torres del Paine National Park Terraced rice paddies of Batutomonga Clear water stream in Gunung Palung, Indonesian Borneo Cleared forest land in Belize (Belize) Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park Torres del Paine landscape Mount Kenya (Kenya) Cloud forest in Peru Arhauco indigenous leader in a former coca-producing area Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Palms along a canal near Maroantsetra Khao Yai observation tower (Thailand) Terraced rice fields Flower bowl (Laos) Ancient Inca agricultural terraces Aerial image of flowering trees in the canopy of the lowland Amazon rainforest Sunset on a beach south of Tulear Bohorok River (Indonesia) Bunaken dawn Orange flower Tropical forest leaves caught in sunlight (Costa Rica) Anja community reserve Rainforest leaves (Belize) Deforestation in southern Laos (Laos) Rainforest plant Iguaçu Falls Iguazu Falls Pool on the Roaring River (Belize) Aerial view of winding estuary rivers in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Canopy tree with buttress roots (Suriname) River near Penalosa Forest cleared for pasture (Belize) Hanakapi'ai Beach on the Kalalau Trail Overhead view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Bamboo forest in the Amazon Devastation wrought by an open pit mine in the Amazon Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Mirante do Centro Geodésico (Brazil) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Pacific Ocean and tropical rainforest (Costa Rica) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Palm leaf in the rainforest River carrying gold mine sediment and tailings in the Peruvian Amazon Forest of Brownsberg (Suriname) Mongbay's Rhett Butler Oxplowing a rice paddy (Laos) Rice and elephant-ear plants Devastation wrought by an open pit gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Pantanal sunset (Brazil) Plane view of clouds at sunset over the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia) Canopy of the Osa Peninsula rainforest (Costa Rica) Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi Tad Fane (Laos) Andringitra sunset Steep agriculture in Peru Colorful flower buds Sunrise over the Mekong in the '4000 islands' (Laos) Elephant Ear Plants Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree Bougainvillea in Hawaii scenery: 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 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | 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