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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Looking down at Amazon basin forest Approaching Buginese motorized canoe on Lake Tempe Pacific Ocean and Rainforest (Costa Rica) Red rainforest flower Spiny forest vegetation Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture Canopy in the Amazon rainforest Aerial view of dry forest (Fort Dauphin - Tana Flight) Tad Lo waterfall (Laos) Waterfall on Oly creek (Manambolo) Cloud forest in Peru Daybreak in Cancun Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Villagers along the Nam Tha River (Laos) Aerial view of flowering trees and rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon Cassava near the village of Kwamalasamutu (Suriname) Naro Moru valley leading to Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Morning on the lagoon at Punta Laguna Garden in highlands of New Guinea Sunset at Manambolo River (Manambolo) sakalava tombs on Manambolo (Manambolo) Overhead view of Amazon basin rain forest Muddy rice paddies near Ketu Kese Waimea Canyon Rooster pecking away at carrots in central market Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Rice fields in the highlands along RN7 in central Madagascar outside of Antananarivo (RN7) Small-scale mining in the Peruvian Amazon Lao forest (Laos) Sunset over the Andes Nam Et-Phou Louey Rainforest (Laos) Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Sunset over the Andes Green rice paddies in Udomxai province (Laos) Weaving in Nam Gneane Cultural Village (Laos) Antandroy ceremonial totems at Berenty (Berenty) Cleared peat swamp forest Broccoli-like rainforest in the Amazon Giant stranger fig tree Logged peat forest in Borneo Sunrise over Maui Sunbeams over the Mara (Kenya) Cut forest (Suriname) Creek below Tad Kwang Si waterfall (Laos) Senum in a rice field (Laos) Poipu beach at sunset Riambavy waterfall of Andringitra Woman weaving a magenta silk piece-detail Deforestation in Bokeo (Laos) Burned out tree stumps in a former rainforest in Borneo Muddy rainforest river (Suriname) Remote Amazon ranch Forest clearing near Mantandia Limestone tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha) Andes as seen from an airplane Brush fire in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) Gigantic strangler fig Marshy wetlands in Costa Rica's Cano Negro near the Nicaraguan border (Costa Rica) Brownsberg resevior in Suriname (Suriname) New oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Terraced rice paddies Poipu beach at sunset Aerial view of Amazon basin rainforest Purple silk in loom Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos) Palawa village home, note the stack of water buffalo horns Bougainvillea in Hawaii Cattle pasture and forest Kosnipata Valley River insects in a bowl as food in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Woman weaving a turquoise silk piece Airplane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi Airplane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Overhead view of Amazon basin rainforest Buttress roots after a tree fall Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica) Road intersecting a river in Suriname (Suriname) Fungi on a rotting log Isla Gorgona Palawa village houses Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Jungle tree Coastal wetland and river mouth in West Papua River valley in the Arfak mountains Mosque in Pare Pare, hometown of former president BJ Habibie in Sulawesi 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