Indonesia photos: scenery

[last updated 13-Jul-2017] Below is a collection of photos taken in Brazil. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler

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Deforestation in the Arfak mountains

Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree

Ujung Kulon rain forest

Bridge over a rainforest creek

Coastline of Peucang Island

New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

Illegally logged wood

Rain forest giant

Peucang Island forest

Islands near Sumatra

Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo

Peucang Island rainforest

Ominous clouds off the coast of Sunur

Waves breaking on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island

Boat near a beach on Peucang Island

Rain forest stream in Ujung Kulon

Rangers patrolling Ujung Kulon

Pink and red ginger flower

Giant rainforest tree in Borneo

Peucang Island beach

Rainforest and turquoise ocean

Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia

Roots of a stranger fig

Jungle tree in Ujung Kulon NP

Peak in Ujung Kulon

Jungle lowland rainforest reaching the coast of New Guinea

Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi

Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park

Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao

Rice terraces at Gunung Kawi

Rainforest canopy seen from the base of a compass tree

Mt. Semeru, the tallest volcano on Java, erupting (Java)

Mt. Semeru, the tallest volcano on Java, erupting. Borobudur is located outside of Yogjakarta .

Buttress roots of a rainforest tree on Peucang Island

Rice field in Bali (Ubud, Bali)

Rice field in Bali

Rainforest of Ujung Kulon as seen from the sea

Sunset on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island

Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo. This section of forest was cut months past but the farmers missed their window for converting the land for agriculture. Rains came before the fallen vegetation had been thoroughly burned and thus, this land cannot be used for crops until the forest regrows and is slash-and-burned again. In its current state most nutrients have already been leached by the strong tropical sun and rain has washed away valuable soils.

Rainforest in West Kalimantan

Rain forest along the Bohorok River

Rice paddies with the mountains of Ujung Kulon National Park behind

Pier in Sunur, near the Rhino Protection Unit outpost/local office for the Ujung Kulon National Park

Sunset over the rice fields of Ubud (Ubud, Bali)

Sunset over the rice fields of Ubud

Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi

Fallen rainforest tree in Ujung Kulon N.P.

Fungi on a rainforest tree

Ujung Kulon coastal rainforest

Boat off Peucang Island

Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser

Turquoise waters below dramatic cliffs of Uluwatu temple in Bali (Jimbaran, Bali)

Turquoise waters below dramatic cliffs of Uluwatu temple in Bali

Large rainforest tree

Jungle tree on Handeuleum Island

Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture

Fallen rainforest tree in Java's Ujung Kulon N.P.

Top breed white water buffalo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Top breed white water buffalo

Dock near Sunur

Sulawesi sunset

Wild red ginger flowers

Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia

Palawa village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Peucang Island beach

Rhino Protection Unit on patrol in Ujung Kulon's lowland rainforest

Swamp forest along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Swamp forest along the Seikonyer River

Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls

Colorful house among green rice paddies (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Colorful house among green rice paddies

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background

Lowland rain forest in Java

Gigantic strangler fig

Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe. These bamboo tripods form bungkas, large man-made circles of floating vegetation. These serve as fish traps, attracting fish during the rainy seaons. As water levels drop towards the dry season, a fine bamboo fence is built around the bungka, trapping the fish.

Borneo rainforest

The ceiling of the rain forest, as seen from below

Rainforest creek in Ujung Kulon

Dock and beach near Sunur

Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park

Sunset on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island

Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja

Lowland rainforest in Java's Ujung Kulon

Deforested peatlands in Borneo

Beach on Peucang Island

Sunset in the Borneo rainforest (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Sunset in the Borneo rainforest

Lowland jungle stream in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park

Rice fields (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Split buttress roots of a rainforest tree

Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo

Manado Tua volcano

RPU patrol paddling toward Ujung Kulon

Boat off Peucang Island

Chopped down rainforest tree

River valley in the Arfak mountains

Waves breaking on a beach in Ujung Kulon

Giant Dipterocarp tree

Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi

Gigantic strangler fig

Rice fields near Batutomonga village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice fields near Batutomonga village

Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi

Strangler fig beginning to take hold on a rainforest tree

Peucang Island beach

Tall buttress roots of a rainforest tree

Boat made out of a plastic drum

Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo

Coastline near the village of Sunur, West Java

Clear water stream in Gunung Palung, Indonesian Borneo

Coastline of Ujung Kulon

Indian Ocean waves breaking on the Western-most part of Java

Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo

Traditional fishing boat

Rice fields at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice fields at Lemo

Close up on grains of rice in a rice field (Java)

Close up on grains of rice in a rice field

Ship off Peucang Island

Fishing boat in Sunur

Gunung Leuser Rain Forest

Breaking waves below cliffs of Uluwatu (Jimbaran, Bali)

Breaking waves below cliffs of Uluwatu

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike (Sulawesi (Celebes))

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

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village

Roots of a strangler fig

Rice paddies and palm trees (Java)

Rice paddies and palm trees

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park

Rainforest creek in Borneo

Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park

Logging in New Guinea

Silk threads (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Rice paddies at Batutomonga (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice paddies at Batutomonga

Baskets of colorful flower petals and chilis

Terraced rice fields

Peucang Island beach

Dawn on Bunaken

Rice and mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Rice and mountains

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra

Borneo rainforest

Giant strangler fig tree

Jungle creek in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park

Rainforest near Tangkahan

Sulawesi limestone mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Sulawesi limestone mountains

Tropical forest in Java

Lowland rainforest in Ujung Kulon National Park

Sulawesi sunrise

Logging near Gunung Leuser National Park

Canopy tree with buttress roots

Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo

Massive stranger fig

Beautiful rainforest stream

New Guinea rainforest

Terraced rice fields at Gunung Kawi

Bunaken sunset with Manado Tua volcano in the background

Green rice paddies near Borobudur with forested mountains in the distance (Java)

Green rice paddies near Borobudur with forested mountains in the distance

Lowland jungle stream in Ujung Kulon

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Peucang Island beach

Gigantic strangler fig

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

Red tree in Borneo

Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Peucang Island rainforest

Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest

Lowland forest in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park

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

Rainforest in West Kalimantan

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains

Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park

Jungle Lodge restaurant at Tangkahan

Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia

Charred forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Charred forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture

Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa. Orange and black-brown paint has been used to color the art.

Rice paddy in the early evening (Ubud, Bali)

Rice paddy in the early evening

Ship off Peucang Island

Grains of rice growing in a paddy in Bali (Ubud, Bali)

Grains of rice growing in a paddy in Bali

Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree

Lowland river in West Papua

Gigantic strangler fig

Crocodile nest site on the Sekonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Crocodile nest site on the Sekonyer River. Note the flattened vegetation.

Arfak cloud forest

Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo

New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park

Lani huts in the Baliem Valley

Oil palm plantation and rainforest

Gunung Leuser Rainforest

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rainforest of Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rainforest of Borneo. This section of forest was cut months past but the farmers missed their window for converting the land for agriculture. Rains came before the fallen vegetation had been thoroughly burned and thus, this land cannot be used for crops until the forest regrows and is slash-and-burned again. In its current state most nutrients have already been leached by the strong tropical sun and rain has washed away valuable soils.

Rice paddies in Ubud

Sunset on the ocean-side coastline of Peucang Island

Mining road through rainforest in Indonesian Borneo

Clouds seen in a rice field in Ubud, Bali

Highland trees and fields in New Guinea

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village

Fuel wood cut from the rainforest of Java (Java)

Fuel wood cut from the rainforest of Java

Indian Ocean surf breaking on the Western-most part of Java

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