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Pictures of southern amazon [last update 2011-12-25]


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Butterfly peeking over a leaf
Butterfly peeking over a leaf

(Brazil)


"Hell" at Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina

(Brazil)

Turquoise-headed black flying insect
Turquoise-headed black flying insect

(Brazil)

Forst clearing for soy
Forst clearing for soy

(Brazil)

Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico

(Brazil)

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

(Brazil)

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon
Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Red-eyed dragonfly
Red-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Baby bat
Baby bat

(Brazil)

Fury white planthopper
Fury white planthopper

(Brazil)

Red flowers
Red flowers

(Brazil)

Red color form of the postman butterfly
Red color form of the postman butterfly

(Brazil)

Chafalote (Rhaphiodon vulpinus)
Chafalote (Rhaphiodon vulpinus)

(Brazil)

Red-eyed dragonfly
Red-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Golden flowers
Golden flowers

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Metallic green fly
Metallic green fly

(Brazil)

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Plateau in Chapada
Plateau in Chapada

(Brazil)

Blue-eyed dragonfly
Blue-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Light brown planthopper with lime green eyes
Light brown planthopper with lime green eyes

(Brazil)

Red-eyed dragonfly
Red-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Soy field abutting against tropical forest
Soy field abutting against tropical forest

(Brazil)

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Palm trees on the savanna at sunset
Palm trees on the savanna at sunset

(Brazil)

Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area

(Brazil)

Sunset on the Rio das Mortes
Sunset on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Nightjar or Pauraque
Nightjar or Pauraque

(Brazil)

Sundown on the Rio das Mortes
Sundown on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Greenish brown frog
Greenish brown frog

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Darth vader insect
Darth vader insect

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Yellow, white, and black moth
Yellow, white, and black moth

(Brazil)

White flower
White flower

(Brazil)

Shield bug
Shield bug

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)
Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)

(Brazil)

Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest
Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape
Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Storm over the Amazon
Storm over the Amazon

(Brazil)

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape
Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape

(Brazil)

Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Chestnut-fronted Macaws (Ara severus) in flight
Chestnut-fronted Macaws (Ara severus) in flight

(Brazil)

Border between forest and soy
Border between forest and soy

(Brazil)

Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon
Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest
Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon
Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)
Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)

(Brazil)

Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)

Amazon forest margin
Amazon forest margin

(Brazil)

Orange bird of paradise
Orange bird of paradise

(Brazil)

Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada

(Brazil)

Maroon, brown, and orange insect
Maroon, brown, and orange insect

(Brazil)

Sunset on the Rio das Mortes
Sunset on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Bright green iguana
Bright green iguana

(Brazil)

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape
Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Tunnel spider
Tunnel spider

(Brazil)

Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture
Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture

(Brazil)

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

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