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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Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley Tad Fane waterfall (Laos) Sea grass - mangroves - and ocean of Turneffe Atoll (Belize) Cypress swamp Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest (Malaysia) Rhino Protection Unit on patrol Church in the Tsaranoro Valley Andringitra sunset Peatland clearing in Indonesia Rice paddies near Batutomonga village Colorful leaf (Belize) Cancun beach Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Gunung Leuser Rainforest (Indonesia) Antanifotsy Valley Aerial view of forests and islands of Golfo Dulce (Costa Rica) Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree Amazon river tributary Remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest Deforestation along a river in Peru's southeastern Amazon region Iguassu Falls River polluted with mine tailings in the Amazon rainforest Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Rainforest vegetation (Costa Rica) Gigantic strangler fig Agricultural and forest fires in New Guinea Bird's-eye view of Wat Phou (Laos) Smoldering trees in a deforested landscape (Belize) Deforestation for cattle ranching Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon Transoceanica in Peru Jungle creek in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica) Amazon rainforest as seen from above Rice paddies near Batutomonga village Sunset on a beach south of Tulear Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Aerial picture of a rainforest river in Peru Rain forest along the Bohorok River (Indonesia) Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau Fish for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos) Vezo kids dancing atop a sand dune Aerial view of a shadow of a plane in the clouds over the Peruvian Amazon White flower 'Save The Rhino' written on a white-sand beach Yellow flowering tree in Peru's Tambopata Reserve Iguaçu Falls Torres del Paine Andean peaks and a turquoise lake Alluaudia procera Terraced oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Logging in New Guinea Canopy walkway in Manu cloud forest Rainstorm approaching over the Alalakeiki channel Batang river (Indonesia) Bird of Paradise in the Amazon rainforest Orange rainforest flowers (Indonesia) Sulawesi home outside of Makassar Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Yellow flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest Waves breaking on an Osa peninsula beach (Costa Rica) rhett Dusk on an Indonesian island Waterfall at the entrance of Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) Sunlit leaves in the New Guinea rainforest Sunset on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines View of the Naro Moru valley from the summit of Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Andringitra landscape: boulders and palms Lowland jungle in Ujung Kulon National Park Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park Roots of a strangler fig (Indonesia) Rice terraces at Gunung Kawi African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at sunset on the Chobe River Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon Rain forest along the Bohorok River (Indonesia) Nosy Mangabe coastline Iguazu Falls Giant Groundsel (Senecio brassica) with Mt. Kenya in the background (Kenya) Bohorok River (Indonesia) Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal (Guatemala) 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