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


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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Sunset over the Costa Rican rainforest
Sunset over the Costa Rican rainforest

(Costa Rica)


Receding glacier on Mt. Kenya

(Kenya)


Lani huts in the Baliem Valley



Cattle grazing on the edge of Andringitra



Tropical forest of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

(Tanzania)

Tropical rainforest in the Osa Peninsula
Tropical rainforest in the Osa Peninsula

(Costa Rica)

Marbled cat pelt in a market stall
Marbled cat pelt in a market stall

(Laos)


Thunderhead over the Amazon River


Waterfall in the Bornean rainforest
Waterfall in the Bornean rainforest

(Malaysia)


Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo



Lagoon at Punta Laguna


Herd of cattle in the Amazon
Herd of cattle in the Amazon

(Brazil)


Fishing boat along the coastline near the village of Sunur, West Java



Rainforest and turquoise ocean



Gorgona island



Lac Vert in Ankarana


Plumeria-shrouded staircase at Wat Phot
Plumeria-shrouded staircase at Wat Phot

(Laos)


Oil palm plantation and rainforest

(Indonesia)

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

(Laos)


Flooded rice fields at sunset



Hawaiian sunrise near Hana


Dawn near Cabo Matapalo
Dawn near Cabo Matapalo

(Costa Rica)


White sand beach and turquoise waters in Sulawesi



Papaya leaf

(Indonesia)


Iguazu Falls



Sunset over the Okavango delta



Save the Rhino



Deforested rainforest in Borneo



Ocean sunset



Brownsberg resevior

(Suriname)


Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike


Forest clearings in the Amazon
Forest clearings in the Amazon



Peucang Island rainforest



Rainforest stream in Gunung Leuser national park

(Indonesia)

Segama river
Segama river

(Malaysia)


Mangroves in Ujung Kulon



Floating market in Banjarmasin



Pachypodium geayi (local name: Vontaka)



Beach near Batu Putih, a fishing village in North Sulawesi, with Tangkoko Reserve in the background



Hawaiian sunrise near Hana


Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining
Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining


Strange palm leaf
Strange palm leaf

(Guatemala)


Baobabs in village outside of Tulear


Deforestation in Guatemala
Deforestation in Guatemala

(Guatemala)


Indonesia rainforest



Villagers fishing at in the early morning on a beach near Maroantsetra



Fisherman working at sun down in Indonesia



Morning activities on a beach near Maroantsetra with Nosy Mangabe in the background


Deforested plain
Deforested plain

(Belize)

Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye
Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye

(Belize)

Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture
Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture

(Belize)

Rainforest pool
Rainforest pool

(Belize)


Rainforest palm in Borneo



Dawn on Bunaken



Hawaiian sunrise near Hana



Bayou forest



Hillside clearing for oil palm

(Indonesia)

Fisherman at sunrise on the Mekong
Fisherman at sunrise on the Mekong

(Laos)


Rice field and zebu cattle


Chapada dos GuimarĂ£es
Chapada dos GuimarĂ£es

(Brazil)


Lowland rainforest in Ujung Kulon National Park


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

(Laos)

Large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon
Large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon



Rice fields at Lemo



Borneo rainforest


Aerial photograph of Amazon broccoli forest
Aerial photograph of Amazon broccoli forest


Dry rice fields and rainforest
Dry rice fields and rainforest

(Laos)


Loita hills forest

(Kenya)


Sand dunes near Arovana (Ankorohoke)



Waimoku Falls



Patagonia in Chile


High conservation value submontane forest of the Amazon basin
High conservation value submontane forest of the Amazon basin


The most inaccessible part of the Amazon basin
The most inaccessible part of the Amazon basin



Pink ginger flowers

(Indonesia)

Strange rainforest palm
Strange rainforest palm

(Costa Rica)

Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining
Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining



Tana



Adansonia za Baobabs



Antanifotsy Valley


Pink flower of an epiphyte
Pink flower of an epiphyte

(Belize)


Ferns emerging from charred earth


Glacier melt in the Andes
Glacier melt in the Andes


Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave
Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave

(Belize)


Boat off Peucang Island



Arovana (Ankorohoke)


Rugged Amazon rainforest terrain
Rugged Amazon rainforest terrain


Belizean slash-and-burn
Belizean slash-and-burn

(Belize)

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