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 a town outside San Jose (Costa Rica) Surf crashing on the western-most part of Java Rainforest vegetation reflected in a blackwater creek (Thailand) Coal barge on the Barito river in Borneo Gunung Tangkoko (mountain) and rainforest Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin Aerial view of secondary and primary forest in the Amazon Banyan roots Amazon rainforest as seen from a plane Flooded rice fields at sunset Melons at vegetable market in Rantepao Lake Sentani homes on stilts mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Tropical forest of the Loita Hills in Kenya (Kenya) Rooster pecking at carrots in Rantepao market Palm frond Mist over the Danum river (Malaysia) Andringitra landscape Coastline of southern Madagascar (Ft. Dauphin) Torres del Paine National Park Oil palm and forest in Jambi Cloud forest of Chicaque Overhead view of flowering trees and rainforest canopy in Peru's Ucayali department Terraced rice fields Mangroves along the Sabang River (Malaysia) Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Flowering trees in the Amazon as seen from an airplane Cave on the Pipiwai stream Deforestation for cattle ranching Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest at sunset (Malaysia) Broccoli forest Forest clearing near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans Aerial view of Kwamala village (Suriname) Holy spring / buddha footprint at What Phou (Laos) Temple at Gunung Kawi Poipu beach at sunset Nam Nern river (Laos) Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Brick house near Anja Baobabs in village outside of Tulear Flowers of a bromeliad (Belize) Camp site in Andringitra Aerial picture of large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon Village near NEPL (Laos) Overhead view of rugged forest terrain in the Western Amazon Forest clearing in Laos (Laos) Herd of cattle in the Amazon (Brazil) Open pit Guacamayo mine in Peru's Madre de Dios region Amazon rainforest canopy Aerial view of gallery forest in Berenty Rapids (Suriname) Deforestation (Laos) Typical food made with black rice and coconut Mexican rainforest vegetation Remote house atop a mountain peak in the Andes Dwarf Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei v ramosum) - local name: Vontake Flooded rice fields at sunset Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Beach landing and campsite on Nosy Mangabe Songbirds and pollywogs in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Cenote in Mexico Torres del Paine National Park Deforestation around Lake Sentani Man fishing in Banjarmasin Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica) Torres del Paine National Park Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border Rainforest river that forms the border of Gunung Leuser N.P. near Bukit Lawang Deforestation along the Nam Ou river (Laos) Kwamalasamutu (Suriname) Village and rice paddies in Madagascar's Central Plateau Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo Sunset over the Pantanal (Brazil) Sudanese refugee camp (Kenya) Small-holder clearing along the Tambopata river in the Peruvian Amazon Countryside near Wamena Forest clearing along the Panama Canal Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea Fog over a Burmese forest (Thailand) Terraced rice paddies at Gunung Kawi Lowland rain forest in Java's Ujung Kulon Forest land cleared for oil palm (Malaysia) Illegally logged wood Canopy treee laden with epiphytes (Malaysia) 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