Highlights of Peru (PHOTOS)

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Rhett Butler's 2011 trip to Peru. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995, 2005, and 2011. 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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Airplane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Green bromeliads in Manu cloud forest Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park River stained by illegal gold mining Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest Aerial photo of Peru's Amazon rainforest Turquoise river flowing into a muddy Andean river Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes Terrain on road to Cuzco Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining River silted and polluted by gold mining in the Amazon Green katydid Large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon Montane forest in the Andes Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining High biodiversity submontane forest of the Amazon basin Bromeliad Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Tropical rainforest river Red bromeliad Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) Beetle Orange harvestman Butterflies feeding on a flower Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) Aerial photograph of Peru's Amazon rainforest Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black) Amazon rain forest canopy from above Orange-red colored river in the Amazon The most inaccessible part of the Amazon basin Bromeliad in Peru's cloud forest Airplane view of lowland rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Andean terrain Manu canopy walkway Huacarpay marsh Tree fern Huacarpay lake Orange and black caterpillar Amazon rainforest and Andean peaks Red bromeliad flower Rainforest creek in Manu Sunset over the Andes Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border Red beetles Nursery along the Transoceanica in Peru High conservation value submontane forest of the Amazon basin Parasitic plant Inca terraces Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine the Peruvian Amazon Aerial picture of deforestation along a river in the Peruvian Amazon Huacarpay lake Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park Red bromeliad flower Replacing a flat tire on a bus in the Andes Pink flowers Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by gold mines Rainforest river in the Amazon basin Canopy walkway in Manu cloud forest Cloud forest orchids Rainbow insect Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Waterfall in the upper Amazon Airplane view of deforestation caused by the Río Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly in the Amazon Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Mosaic deforestation near the Transoceanic highway in Peru Airplane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands Epiphytes in Manu cloud forest Yellow flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest River carrying gold mine sediment and tailings in the Peruvian Amazon Orange-red river in the Amazon Aerial view of Lake Sandoval--famous for giant river otters--in Peru Aerial photograph of a rainforest river Sheep grazing a field in Peru Amazon river tributary Coral snake Open pit mines in the Amazon Cecropia tree in a cloud forest near Manu National Park Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Overhead view of a logging road in the Peruvian Amazon Green and orange flat-footed bug Pair of scarlet macaws Inca terraces Sunset over the Andes Overhead photograph of a rainforest river in Peru Cloud forest in Peru Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at sunset Red bromeliads Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Hot lips flower Aerial view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest Deforestation for cattle ranching Mosiac deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Deforestation along a river in Peru's southeastern Amazon region Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Remote Amazon ranch Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Massive open pit gold mine in the Peru's Madre de Dios department Aerial photography of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Cane toad

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