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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Sunrise in the tri-border region of Burma, Laos, and Thailand (Thailand) Loita hills forest meadow (Kenya) Sunrise over Maui Aerial photo of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Gigantic strangler fig with an RPU ranger for scale Aerial view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Lao village (Laos) Rainforest canopy in Suriname (Suriname) Milky turquoise waters of Tad Kwang Si (Laos) Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture (Costa Rica) Grass fire in Madagascar Red flower growing between tsingy near Lac Vert Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea Surf at Tayrona Bridge over a rainforest creek Sapzurro Bunaken beach Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Plane view of erosion in western Madagascar (Flight from Tana West) Brownsberg resevior and surrounding rainforest (Suriname) Oheo Gulch Lagoon at Punta Laguna Khone Falls (Laos) Palm grove in the Panamanian jungle Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest at sunset (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land (Indonesia) Danum Valley Rainforest (Malaysia) Small-holder rubber plantation (Indonesia) Peatland scrub Boulders in Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Rocky cliff near the Sudanese border (Kenya) Airplane view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial photograph of Broccoli forest Aerial image of the lowland Amazon rainforest Poipu beach at sunset Brush fire in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) Isalo stream with palms and sandy substrate (Isalo) Dry rice fields in Luang Namtha District (Laos) Rift Valley escarpment with the forest of Lake Manyara National Park below (Tanzania) Boat on the Amazon River at sunset Sunset over the Andes Lagoon at Punta Laguna Rainforest river in Suriname (Suriname) Looking across Manokwari Bay at the rainforests of the Arfak Mountains Boulders in Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) Forest land mined for limestone for road construction (Guatemala) Waterfall in Le Domaine de Fontenay's private forest reserve Pantanal wetland (Brazil) Pier at sunset Manu canopy walkway Dead tree in the Sierras Maasai men in colored robes (Tanzania) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Deforestation near Ranomafana Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Mosque in seaside Pare Pare in Sulawesi Aerial view of mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest river as seen from above Sunset over the Nile River Baobab tree beside a Maasai village (Tanzania) Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Sunset near Maroantsetra (Maroantsetra) Deforested area in the western watershed of the Bay of Antongil (Maroantsetra to Tamatave) Orange-flowers of the Ziricote tree (Belize) Throw net fishing on the Mekong (Laos) Lake Sentani homes on stilts Turkana (Kenya) Mountains near the Kenya-Sudan border (Kenya) Big tree Vegetation of the upper alpine zone of Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Waterfall entering the turquoise sea and rainforest of Gorgona Island Sunlit rainforest leaves Indonesian rainf forest Mosaic deforestation near Peru's Transoceanic highway View of the Pacific from the Osa Peninsula rainforest (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Sundown seen from Mount Kenya; with Senecio keniodendron in the foreground (Kenya) Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Andringitra landscape Pool on a rainforest stream at Riam Berasap Aerial pix of Peru's Amazon rainforest Deforestation-induced landslide near Jayapura Rapids (Suriname) Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border 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