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Photos of guatemala in Guatemala [updated 05.29.2008]

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Tikal	Tikal	What Tikal looked like before excavation
Tikal ruins protruding from the rainforest	Mayan ruins of Tikal protruding from the rainforest	Tikal
Tikal	Spider monkey	Landscape deforested for cattle pasture
Landscape deforested for cattle pasture	Deforestation in Guatemala	Deforestation in Guatemala
Charred savanna	Forest land mined for limestone for road construction	Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree
Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree	Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a ceiba tree	Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Canopy trees at Tikal	Burning the savanna for agriculture in Guatemala	Clear-cutting for cattle pasture in Guatemala
Forest clearing in Guatemala	Slash-and-burn farming in Guatemala	Slash-and-burn agriculture in Guatemala

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