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


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Borneo rainforest


Sunset in the Costa Rican rainforest of the Osa Peninsula
Sunset in the Costa Rican rainforest of the Osa Peninsula

(Costa Rica)


Rain forest giant


Rainforest canopy leaves
Rainforest canopy leaves



Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi



Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo



Felucca on the Nile


Limes, chilis, and fruit in the Luang Prabang morning market
Limes, chilis, and fruit in the Luang Prabang morning market

(Laos)

Monks in a Lao village
Monks in a Lao village

(Laos)

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

(Laos)


Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia



Mara sunset

(Kenya)


RPU patrol paddling toward Ujung Kulon



Wild red ginger flowers


Danum river in Borneo
Danum river in Borneo

(Malaysia)

Men fishing on the Mekong as the sun comes up
Men fishing on the Mekong as the sun comes up

(Laos)


Strangler fig beginning to take hold on a rainforest tree


Charred and still smoking forest in Laos
Charred and still smoking forest in Laos

(Laos)


Redwood forest on the Matt Davis-Steep Ravine Loop trail


Deforestation
Deforestation

(Laos)


Top breed white water buffalo



Rift Valley escarpment with the forest of Lake Manyara National Park below

(Tanzania)


Nile sunset



Giant Dipterocarp tree

(Indonesia)


Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo



Palm tree at sunrise



Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls

(Indonesia)

Sunset over the Mekong at Siphandon, 'the 4000 islands' region of Southern Laos
Sunset over the Mekong at Siphandon, 'the 4000 islands' region of Southern Laos

(Laos)


Andringitra


Mekong sunrise
Mekong sunrise

(Laos)

Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary
Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary



Lavendar flowers from a Jacaranda tree blanketing the floor of the rainforest


Green rice paddies in Udomxai province
Green rice paddies in Udomxai province

(Laos)

Monk robes drying in the sun
Monk robes drying in the sun

(Laos)


African baobab

(Tanzania)


Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao


Village along the Nam Nern river
Village along the Nam Nern river

(Laos)


Rainforest of the Darien



Forest clearing along the Panama Canal



Rice fields



Felucca sailing boat on the Nile River at Aswan


Sunset over the Cuiaba river
Sunset over the Cuiaba river

(Brazil)

Danum river
Danum river

(Malaysia)


Boat near a beach on Peucang Island


Shadow of an airplane in the clouds over the Amazon
Shadow of an airplane in the clouds over the Amazon



Beach at Manuel Antonio National Park

(Costa Rica)

Aerial image of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy
Aerial image of the broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy



Creek and burned grass in Andringitra



Flooded rice fields at sunset



Rutted granite atop Andringitra's Chaine de Montagne Ampiadrianombilahy



Fungi on a rainforest tree

(Indonesia)


Lake Gatun and Barro Colorado Island


Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest
Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest

(Malaysia)

Cow in the Pantanal
Cow in the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Rainforest tree
Rainforest tree

(Malaysia)


Javan jungle



Tarangire hill

(Tanzania)


Large rainforest tree



Giant rainforest tree in Borneo


Men fishing on the Mekong at daybreak
Men fishing on the Mekong at daybreak

(Laos)


Andringitra landscape



Deforested peatlands in Borneo


Sunset on the Mekong near Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
Sunset on the Mekong near Luang Prabang, Lao PDR

(Laos)


Mt Kenya with the endemic Senecio keniodendron in the foreground

(Kenya)


Canopy platform in Amacayacu National Park



Dirt road running between two African Baobabs (Adansonia digitata)

(Tanzania)


Peucang Island beach



Strangler fig


Colorful forest along the Mekong
Colorful forest along the Mekong

(Laos)

Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree
Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree

(Belize)

Stone carvings on the main sanctuary at Wat Phou
Stone carvings on the main sanctuary at Wat Phou

(Laos)


Colorful house among green rice paddies



Illegally logged wood


Sunset over the Pacific as seen through the Osa peninsula rainforest
Sunset over the Pacific as seen through the Osa peninsula rainforest

(Costa Rica)

Pink flower
Pink flower

(Belize)


Rice paddies near Canyon des Makis and Canyon des Rats



Rhino Protection Unit on patrol in Ujung Kulon's lowland rainforest


Epiphyte-laden kapok tree
Epiphyte-laden kapok tree

(Guatemala)

Milky turquoise river in the Amazon basin
Milky turquoise river in the Amazon basin


Tad Fane, formed by the Champy and Pak Koot streams
Tad Fane, formed by the Champy and Pak Koot streams

(Laos)


Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin


Canopy walkway
Canopy walkway

(Costa Rica)

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Chapada dos GuimarĂ£es
Chapada dos GuimarĂ£es

(Brazil)


Waves breaking on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island


Villagers along the Nam Tha River
Villagers along the Nam Tha River

(Laos)


Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree


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