rainforests pictures

[last update 2017-07-12] Below is a collection of photos taken from around the world. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler

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Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Sabah [sabah_sepilok_0061]

Airplane view of the forest of the Amazon basin

Airplane view of the forest of the Amazon basin

Rainforest in Tangkoko Reserve

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0989]

Flowering kapok tree

Virgin rainforest in Malaysia

Virgin rainforest in Malaysia

Rain forest river in Manu

Rain forest river in Manu

Forest and oil palm [riau_5401]

Flowering kapok tree

Airplane view of rainforest and coastal reefs in Borneo [sabah_malaysia_0003]

Swamp forest in Way Kambas

Rain forest of Taman Negara National Park

Rain forest of Taman Negara National Park

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2076

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2076

Rainforest in Southern China

Fungi [australia_mossman_gorge_214]

Aerial view of the Amazon

Peat forest in Riau [riau_0356]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0198

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0198

Great Banyan tree on Son Tra

Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0122]

Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0122]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0285

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0285

Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea [west-papua_5020]

Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea [west-papua_5020]

Overhead view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0120]

Overhead view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0120]

Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0061]

Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0061]

Morning in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Clearwater river in the Andean foothills

Clearwater river in the Andean foothills

Overhead view of a remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest

Overhead view of a remote river in the uppermost reaches of the Amazon rainforest

Rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150206]

Wurumbu creek [australia_mossman_gorge_116]

Amazon rainforest river

Amazon rainforest river

Ecotourists in the Kinabatangan river [sabah_kinabatangan_0253]

High biodiversity submontane forest of the Amazon basin

High biodiversity submontane forest of the Amazon basin

Bananas, rubber, and natural forest in China

Part of the former Rio Huaypetue.

Part of the former Rio Huaypetue.

Sepilok rainforest [sabah_sepilok_0287]

Sepilok rainforest [sabah_sepilok_0352]

Rainforest tree in China

Sumatran rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0142]

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2324

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2324

Rainforest path in Cambodia

Industrial deforestation in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0656

Industrial deforestation in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0656

Philodendrons in the Amazon rainforest

Rainforest tree [costa_rica_5458]

Rainforest tree [costa_rica_5458]

Rainforest creek in Gunung Palung, Indonesian Borneo

Rainforest creek in Gunung Palung, Indonesian Borneo

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0370

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0370

Trunk of a rainforest tree

Channel between Sapi and Pulau Gaya [sabah_malaysia_0006]

Rainforest canopy in Sumatra [riau_0465]

Mt Lewis rainforest [australia_fnq_0204]

Waterfall in Lambir Hills NP

Rainforest
[indonesia_20152008]

Deforested rainforest valley

Deforested rainforest valley

Yellowing flowering trees in Peru's Tambopata Reserve

Yellowing flowering trees in Peru's Tambopata Reserve

View from lookout point at Taman Negara

View from lookout point at Taman Negara

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0784

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0784

Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest [tambopata-Tambopata_1030_5017]

Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest [tambopata-Tambopata_1030_5017]

Sunset over Way Kambas swamp forest

Canopy leaves

Jungle in Java

Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_3750

Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_3750

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1114

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1114

Peat forest
[indonesia_20150375]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0236

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0236

Rainforest and turquoise ocean [java_0268]

Rainforest and turquoise ocean [java_0268]

Peat forest
[indonesia_20152300]

Aerial view of a meandering stream in the Colombian Amazon

Aerial view of a meandering stream in the Colombian Amazon

River from healthy forest area meeting river downstream from logging -- sabah_aerial_1542

River from healthy forest area meeting river downstream from logging -- sabah_aerial_1542

Amazon rainforest

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1461

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1461

Looking up the inside of Sulawesi's famous strangler fig

Rainforest in Sarawak

Figs in Sulawesi's rainforest

Rainforest understory

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3051

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3051

Buttress roots of a rainforest tree

A look up the trunk of a giant kapok

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0720]

Trail in Borneo's rainforest

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1375

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1375

Sepilok rainforest at dusk [sabah_sepilok_0361]

Clearwater creek in the Cambodian rainforest

Rainforest creek

Rainforest leaves

Peat forest [riau_1132]

Late afternoon in the Amazon rain forest

Late afternoon in the Amazon rain forest

Airplane view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon

Airplane view of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1079

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1079

Sarawak rainforest

Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_0736]

Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_0736]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3184

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3184

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2259

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2259

Amazon rainforest canopy tree

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1594

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1594

Aerial photo of the rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon of Peru

Aerial photo of the rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon of Peru

Peat forest
[indonesia_20150683]

Peat lakes
[indonesia_20150927]

Aerial view of a Winding jungle river reaching the coast of New Guinea

Aerial view of a Winding jungle river reaching the coast of New Guinea

Sulawesi rainforest

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1699

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1699

Sun rays catching a rainforest palm fron

Sun rays catching a rainforest palm fron

Channel between Sapi and Pulau Gaya [sabah_sapi_island_0040]

Pantu waterfall

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0462]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0549

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0549

Forested valley near Joffreville

Forested valley near Joffreville

Rainforest in Southern China

Mist-shrouded Forest along the Nam Ou river

Peat forest
[indonesia_20150356]

Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree in the Southern Cardamom Mountains

Rainforest in the Gunung Leuser ecosystem [aceh_1321]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0225

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0225

Rubber and rainforest in China

Peat forest [riau_1135]

Kalimantan forest [kalbar_1590]

Kalimantan forest [kalbar_1590]

Jungle in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_1984

Jungle in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_1984

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0200

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0200

Morning in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Borneo rainforest [sabah_sepilok_0708]

Daintree swimming hole [australia_daintree_319]

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3122

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3122

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2051

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2051

Aerial view of small-holder forest clearing for cassava in the Amazon

Aerial view of small-holder forest clearing for cassava in the Amazon

Jungle in Borneo -- sabah_1914

Jungle in Borneo -- sabah_1914

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0604]

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1401

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1401

Rainforest creek

Brownsberg reservoir

Brownsberg reservoir

Brownsberg reservoir

Brownsberg reservoir

Sulawesi rainforest

Sabah rainforest understory

Rainforest in Vietnam

Calling in the land-moving equipment

Calling in the land-moving equipment

Aerial view of a twisting rainforest river

Aerial view of a twisting rainforest river

Cuc Phuong rainforest

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1966

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1966

Rain forest canopy [tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3409]

Rain forest canopy [tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3409]

Giant dipterocarp in Sumatra
[bukit_tigapuluh_1213]

Riau rainforest [riau_5138]

Danum river -- borneo_3652

Danum river -- borneo_3652

Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest -- borneo_6456

Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest -- borneo_6456

Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_3755

Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_3755

Rainforest on Sumbawa

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0646

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0646

Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine

Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine

Rainforest at dawn

Rainforest canopy tree in China

Plane view of Amazon basin forest

Plane view of Amazon basin forest

Flowering trees in the Amazon

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1117

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1117

Rain forest creek at Cabang Panti

Rain forest creek at Cabang Panti

Rainforest canopy in Peru

Creek in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2356

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2356

Bananas, rubber, and natural forest in China

Rainforest canopy in Peru

Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest

Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest

Wurumbu creek [australia_mossman_gorge_122]

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0076]

Aerial view of heavily logged rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2729

Aerial view of heavily logged rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2729

Giant strangler fig [australia_mossman_gorge_243]

Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon

Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon

Brownsberg reservoir and surrounding rainforest

Brownsberg reservoir and surrounding rainforest

Aceh forest canopy

Aceh forest canopy

Buttress roots in the Amazon swamp forest

Buttress roots in the Amazon swamp forest

Flowering trees in the rainforest canopy

Flowering trees in the rainforest canopy

Rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150154]

Precipitation over the rainforest -- sabah_aerial_0889

Precipitation over the rainforest -- sabah_aerial_0889

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3054

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3054

Rainforest tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1454]

Rainforest tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1454]

Rainbow over the Borneo rainforest -- sabah_3510

Rainbow over the Borneo rainforest -- sabah_3510

Primary rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Primary rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Rex creek in Mossman Gorge [australia_mossman_gorge_046]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1124

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1124

Oil palm plantation and rainforest border [sabah_sepilok_0704]

Moisture transpiring from the Amazon rainforest at sunset

Moisture transpiring from the Amazon rainforest at sunset

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1646

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1646

Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.)

Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.)

Rainforest creek in Cambodia

Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru

Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru

Degraded forest near Tesso Nilo
[indonesia_20152867]

Epiphytes in the Sumatran rainforest [north_sumatra_0175]

Masoala rainforest [madagascar_masoala_0621]

Masoala rainforest [madagascar_masoala_0621]

Bornean rainforest

Masoala rain forest [madagascar_masoala_1037]

Masoala rain forest [madagascar_masoala_1037]

Rainforest and oil palm [sabah_sepilok_0075]

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Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_0746]

Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_0746]

Rainforest creek -- sabah_2906

Rainforest creek -- sabah_2906

Rainforest in Sarawak

Creek in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Rainforest tree near Jantho [aceh_0192]

Rainforest tree near Jantho [aceh_0192]

Sumatran rainforest near Pekanbaru
[indonesia_20151825]

Broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy

Broccoli-like structure of the Amazon rainforest canopy

Aerial view of the Rio Carrao in Venezuela

Rainforest canopy tree in China

Way Kambas swamp forest

Rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150224]

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