Pictures of aerial photography

Images of aerial photography taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Javari river in the Amazon

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Overhead view of a redwood forest

Sunrise over the Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Rainforest and jungle rubber in Sumatra [riau_5445]

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Aerial view of canopy in a redwood forest in San Mateo County

Blackwater oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon

California redwood forest

Namibian desert [namibia_0518]

Namib desert [namibia_1453]

View of Crystal Springs Reservoir and redwood forest along Skyline

Rainforest in Riau

Namibian desert [namibia_0527]

Meandering river in the lowlands of Gabon

Javari river in the Amazon

Flooded forest in the Amazon

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0956

Smallholder deforestation in Borneo

Fork in the Zacambu river

Wayqecha research station

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1742

Rainforest canopy in Jambi

Namibian desert [namibia_0678]

California redwood forest

Rainforest creek in the Colombian Amazon

Smallholder deforestation

Amazonian sunset

Fire burning through Kirindy forest

Fire burning on an oil palm plantation

Burning within Tesso Nilo National Park

Namibian desert [namibia_0630]

Southern Right Whale [south_africa_hermanus_0413]

Smallholder deforestation in Borneo

Smallholder deforestation in Borneo

Rainforest in Riau

Clouds reflected in a blackwater oxbow lake

Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo

Namib sunset [namibia_2350]

Bahia de Las Animas at low tide

Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2417

Flowering rainforest trees in the Amazon

Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo

Acacia plantation [riau_1353]

Flowering trees in the rainforest canopy

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_1260

River in the Kosnipata valley

Aerial view of the Sumatran rainforest

Pristine rain forest in Imbak Canyon Malaysia

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Amazon rainforest

Blackwater creek running through Yavari forest

Smallholder deforestation in Borneo

Rainforest clearing for coca in the Colombian Amazon

Drone photo of a whale shark feeding the ocean surface

Fairy desert [namibia_1496]

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0113]

Namib desert [namibia_1422]

Yurt on a remote beach in Baja California

Aerial view of canopy in a redwood forest in San Mateo County

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1296

California redwood trees

Kapuas Hulu rainforest

Namibian desert [namibia_0522]

Blackwater oxbow lake

Smallholder deforestation in Borneo

Pine forest in the Sierra Nevada

Shifting cultivation by the Trio tribe in the rainforest of Southern Suriname

Fire burning through Kirindy forest

Sossusvlei sand dunes [namibia_2131]

Fire burning through Kirindy forest

River near Banff

Peatlands destruction in Riau [riau_1063]

Sunset in the Amazon

Sossusvlei sand dunes [namibia_2205]

Oil palm on peatland

Namibian desert [namibia_0506]

Great Barrier Reef

Southern Right Whale [south_africa_hermanus_0224]

Sossusvlei sand dunes [namibia_2135]

Riau rainforest [riau_5126]

Namibian desert [namibia_0696]

Sunset in the Amazon

Platinum mine in South Africa

Rio Huaypetue gold mine in Peru

deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2148

Oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Hastings Reef on the GBR

Kosnipata Valley forest

Peat forest in Giam Siak Kecil [riau_0765]

Oil palm and forest

Namibian desert [namibia_0588]

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Road through a California redwood forest

Namibian desert [namibia_0660]

Devil's Peak in California

Aerial view of canopy in a redwood forest in San Mateo County

Soil erosion off Java

Tropical rainforest in Jambi

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0559

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0239]

Clearing of peat forest and community jungle rubber in Riau

Peatlands destruction in Riau [riau_1085]

Namibian desert [namibia_0650]

Dried peat lake

California redwood forest

Rainbow over oil palm plantations and forest in Jambi

California redwood forest

River in the Kosnipata valley

Rainforest clearing for coca in the Colombian Amazon

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Deforestation for oil palm in Jambi

Waves breaking on a beach in California

Road forming the boundary of Edgewood Park

Sea lion colony

Kosnipata Valley forest

Kosnipata valley

Dusk in the Amazon

Sumatran rainforest [riau_1395]

Oil palm plantation in Riau

Devil's Peak in California

Namibian desert [namibia_0626]

Hot-air ballooning in South Africa

Dusk in the Peruvian Amazon

Soy field abutting against tropical forest

Blackwater creek running through Yavari forest

Namibian desert [namibia_0680]

River in the Kosnipata valley

Southern Right Whale [south_africa_hermanus_0062]

Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Peat forest [riau_1131]

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1114

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0934

Rainbow over oil palm plantations and forest in Jambi

Hastings Reef in Australia

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

River in the Kosnipata valley

Corridor of natural forest running through an acacia plantation

River in the Kosnipata valley

Ecolodge near Las Animas

Waterfall in a Peruvian cloud forest

Acacia plantation [riau_1362]

Rainforest in the Colombian Amazon

Deforestation for an oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Illegal sand and gold mining

Javari river in the Amazon

Sumatran rainforest [riau_1388]

Sossusvlei sand dunes [namibia_2172]

Southern Right Whale [south_africa_hermanus_0145]

Oil palm and forest

Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

Canal draining Lake Nasser

Lake or reservoir near Banff

Loss of rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Landslide in the Andes

Amazon rainforest

Logging road -- sabah_1472

Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Namibian desert [namibia_0568]

Burned peat forest

Namibian desert [namibia_0608]

Amazon rainforest

Cloud forest in the Andes

Sunset over the Zacambu river

Amazon rainforest canopy

Industrial acacia plantation

Lowland rainforest in Sumatra

Fork in the Zacambu river

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Primary rainforest in Imbak Canyon Sabah Malaysia

California redwood forest

Aerial view of California redwood forest in Woodside

Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo

Road through the redwoods

Island in the middle of the Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Amazon rainforest canopy

Dirt road in a redwood forest

Flowering trees in the rainforest in the Colombian Amazon

Timber and oil palm plantations

River in the Kosnipata valley

Old-growth rainforest in Sungai Utik

Lake in Giam Siak Kecil

Cleared forest on the edge of Tesso Nilo

Sunrise in the Andes

Redwood trees in San Mateo County

Tesso Nilo rainforest

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Acacia plantation [riau_5018]

Acacia plantation in Riau [riau_0980]

Drone photo of a whale shark feeding the sea surface

Sumatran rainforest

Geometric patterns of deforestation

Sumatran rainforest

California redwood trees

Rainforest peak in the Amazon

Deforestation in Riau

Great Barrier Reef near Cairns [australia_great_barrier_reef_0366]

Sunrise over the Amazon

Riau rainforest [riau_5109]

Coastline south of Milolii

Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau

Pinipini river in the Peruvian Amazon

Desert in Namibia [namibia_2103]

Dusk in the Peruvian Amazon

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