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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Mist-shrouded Forest along the Nam Ou river (Laos) Rubber plantation in Laos (Laos) Purple savanna (Kenya) Throw net fishing on the Mekong (Laos) Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park (Belize) Waterfall on el Remanso grounds (Costa Rica) Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Rock face at Chicaque Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo County, California Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan Ecological zoning around a Lao village (Laos) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Forest in Ankaraka (Ankarana) Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Villagers fishing at daybreak on a beach near Maroantsetra Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree Lac Vert ('Green Lake') in Ankarana Peucang Island rainforest Aerial view of a remote river in the Andes-Amazon foothills Stilt houses in Banjarmasin Rain forest stream in Manu Gunung Leuser rain forest Mountains above Pisaq Cattle pasture and forest Feluccas on the Nile at sunset near Aswan Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Sunset at Brownsberg (Suriname) Aerial view of an Amazon rainforest river Ice for fish Pasture and forest in Colombia Bulldozers, tractors, and other earth-moving vehicles in the rainforest Deforested area being planted with pineapple and other crops after logging and burning Granite outcroppings from Lake Nasser Loita forest (Kenya) Area of swamp forest left amid cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon Gunung Leuser Rain Forest (Indonesia) Torres del Paine Roots of a strangler fig (Indonesia) Aerial view of an Amazon rainforest creek obscured by the canopy in the Peruvian Amazon Litter trap in the rainforest Twin Falls Live bamboo rat in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Plane view of clouds at sunset over Sulawesi in Indonesia (Indonesia) Javan forest Manado Tua volcano Torres del Paine National Park Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach at sunset (Costa Rica) Road across a dry river bed on the way to Kakuma (Kenya) Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada (Brazil) Rhino Protection Unit uniform patch Crossing the Tsaranoro Valley Dusk on an Indonesian island Marbled cat fur/skin in a market stall (Laos) Sundown in Sulawesi Overhead view of the rainforest canopy in Peru's Western Amazon Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Hardwood rainforest tree Logs on a hillside burned for agriculture Suitcases in a bush at the Lokichoggio Mixed Primary School (Kenya) Rice Fields Rainforest river as seen from above Rainforest canopy Surf in West Java Small farms, pasture, and bananas Glaciers in the Andes, as seen from an aircraft Forest cleared for pasture (Belize) Mexican rainforest Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau Dani village in the New Guinea highlands Danum Valley Rainforest (Malaysia) Sunrise in the tri-border region of Burma, Laos, and Thailand (Thailand) Floating market in Banjarmasin Buddha in Chiang Saen (Thailand) Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest Pools on Pipiwai Stream above Makahiku Falls Loita hills forest (Kenya) High elevation heath forest on Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo Rainforest tree in Sulawesi Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo Breaking surf at sunrise in Hana Tad Lo waterfall (Laos) Deforestation for cattle ranching Deforestation along the road to Manu Health poster at a hospital once used for Sudanese refugees in Lokichoggio (Kenya) 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 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70 | Page 71 | Page 72 | Page 73 | Page 74 | Page 75 | Page 76 | Page 77 | Page 78 | Page 79 | Page 80 | Page 81 | Page 82 | Page 83 | Page 84 | Page 85 | Page 86 | Page 87 | Page 88 | Page 89 | Page 90 | Page 91 | Page 92 | Page 93 | Page 94 | Page 95 | Page 96 | Page 97 | Page 98 | Page 99 | Page 100 | Page 101 | Page 102 | Page 103 | Page 104 | Page 105 | Page 106 | Page 107 | Page 108 | Page 109 | Page 110 | Page 111 | Page 112 | Page 113 | Page 114 | Page 115 | Page 116 | Page 117 | Page 118 | Page 119 | Page 120 | Page 121 | Page 122 | Page 123 | Page 124 | Page 125 | Page 126 | Page 127 | Page 128 | Page 129 | Page 130 | Page 131 | Page 132 | Page 133 | Page 134 | Page 135 | Page 136 | Page 137 | Page 138 | Page 139 | Page 140 | Page 141 | Page 142 | Page 143 | Page 144 | Page 145 | Page 146 | Page 147 | Page 148 | Page 149 | Page 150 | Page 151 | Page 152 | Page 153 | Page 154 | Page 155 | Page 156 | Page 157 | Page 158 | Page 159 | Page 160 | Page 161 | Page 162 | Page 163 | Page 164 | Page 165 | Page 166 | Page 167 | Page 168 | Page 169 | Page 170 | Page 171 | Page 172 | Page 173 | Page 174