Pictures of the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia

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These " Pictures of the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy Riot of vegetation in the rainforest canopy Aerial view of a winding river in the Colombian Amazon Deforestation in Colombia Greenhouses in Bogota, Colombia Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya cloud forest Vine on the trunk of a canopy tree in Parque Tayrona Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru near Leticia Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of Leticia-Tabatinga Aerial view of the Amazon river Forest trail inSantuario Ot�n Quimbaya Giant ceiba tree which serves at the base for climbing into the canopy

Ascending to the canopy Ascending to the canopy Ascending to the canopy Ascending to the canopy Rain forest canopy walkway Amazon rainforest canopy Amazon rainforest canopy Flooded Amazon swamp forest Amazon swamp forest Slogging through the flooded Amazon swamp forest Hiking in the flooded Amazon swamp forest Emergent canopy tree in the Amazon rainforest Riverside vegetation Amazon rainforest camp site - step 1 Setting up an Amazon rainforest camp site Amazon light gap caused by a tree fall Red palm roots Insect-weary leaf in the rainforest understory Amazon rainforest camp site set up, with tarp Amazon rainforest camp site set up, with tarp Hammocks and mosquito nets at Amazon camp site Seed pod on the forest flood Disperse roots provide support for a Banyon tree in the Amazon Floodplain (varzea) forest along the Amazon river Flooded forest in the Colombian Amazon Amazon meadow near Puerto Narino Puerto Narino, a 'green' city in the Amazon rainforest Aerial view of a patch of cleared rainforest in the Colombian Amazon Potential coca plantation in the Amazon rainforest Swidden agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Plane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon Meandering river in the Colombian Amazon Heart formation in an Amazon river Forest clearing near a rainforest stream in Colombia