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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Rain forest covered hills of Taman Negara

Rain forest covered hills of Taman Negara

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1275]

Borneo rainforest

Sumatran rainforest [riau_1395]

Red leaf

Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2768

Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2768

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1659

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1659

Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary

Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary

Riau rainforest

Logged forest and oil palm in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2807

Logged forest and oil palm in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2807

Tesso Nilo rainforest
[indonesia_20152934]

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2164

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2164

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1245]

Danum river

Rainforest creek in Masoala National Park [madagascar_masoala_0556]

Rainforest creek in Masoala National Park [madagascar_masoala_0556]

Strangler fig in China

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2091

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2091

Siquirres rainforest [costa_rica_siquirres_0670]

Siquirres rainforest [costa_rica_siquirres_0670]

Mixing of the waters in Borneo

Mixing of the waters in Borneo

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1637

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1637

Rainforests [costa_rica_la_selva_1758]

Rainforests [costa_rica_la_selva_1758]

Bird's nest ferns in the Borneo rainforest

Bird's nest ferns in the Borneo rainforest

Rex creek in Mossman Gorge

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1452

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1452

Lavendar flowers from a Jacaranda tree blanketing the floor of the rainforest

Lavendar flowers from a Jacaranda tree blanketing the floor of the rainforest

Aerial view of tropical rainforest in Bocas del Toro

Aerial view of tropical rainforest in Bocas del Toro

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

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

Rainforest tree in China

Stacks of rainforest timber in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150270]

Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia [java_0420]

Peucang Island, West Java, Indonesia [java_0420]

Peat forest
[indonesia_20152321]

River valley in the Arfak mountains

River valley in the Arfak mountains

Blackwater creek in Taman Negara

Blackwater creek in Taman Negara

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0680]

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0680]

Large rainforest tree

Large rainforest tree

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1308

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1308

Creek in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Forest along the Nam Ou river

Swamp forest in Way Kambas

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2516

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2516

Javan jungle [java_0719]

Javan jungle [java_0719]

Dipterocarp forest in Borneo

Dipterocarp forest in Borneo

Sunset over the rainforest canopy

Maliau Basin Conservation Area

Maliau Basin Conservation Area

Rainforest reserve in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0539

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0539

Giant strangler fig

Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica

Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica

Peat lakes
[indonesia_20150961]

Overhead view of rainforest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0322]

Overhead view of rainforest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0322]

Riau rainforest [riau_0897]

Rainforest in Riau [riau_5237]

Selunsur (Tristaniopsis oborata)

Riau rainforest [riau_0889]

Selectively logged forest in Borneo

Selectively logged forest in Borneo

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2106

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2106

Where rainforest meets the sea

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1808

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1808

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0334

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0334

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2580

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2580

Turquoise ocean and rainforest of Isla Gorgona

Turquoise ocean and rainforest of Isla Gorgona

Sumatran rainforst tree
[bukit_tigapuluh_0547]

Misty rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0349]

Heliconia [costa_rica_osa_0780]

Heliconia [costa_rica_osa_0780]

Sunrise over the Aceh forest

Sunrise over the Aceh forest

Camping in the Amazon rainforest

Camping in the Amazon rainforest

Gigantic strangler fig [java_0536]

Gigantic strangler fig [java_0536]

Illegal deforestation for palm oil
[indonesia_20152243]

Sumatran rainforest [riau_1383]

Sarawak rainforest

Lowland rainforest

Jungle lining the Panama Canal near BCI

Jungle lining the Panama Canal near BCI

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_1169]

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_1169]

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2083

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2083

Rainforest tree

Rainforest tree

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations [costa_rica_aerial_0164]

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations [costa_rica_aerial_0164]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_1565

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_1565

Nosy Mangabe rainforest [madagascar_maroantsetra_0113]

Nosy Mangabe rainforest [madagascar_maroantsetra_0113]

Dead trees in a peat lake
[indonesia_20152632]

Riau rainforest [riau_5154]

Borneo rainforest

Borneo rainforest

Rainforest dipterocarp

Rainforest dipterocarp

Aceh rainforest

Aceh rainforest

A view up inside the trunk of a strangler fig in China

Yellow flowers in Brazil's Mata Atlantica

Lowland rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150885]

Rainforest pool

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2094

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2094

Lowland rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150891]

Rainforest tree in Sabah

Rainforest tree in Sabah

Lambir Hills NP waterfall

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0009

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0009

Rainforest and turquoise ocean

Rainforest and turquoise ocean

Rainforest in Vietnam

Rainforest understory

Logging road in Borneo

Logging road in Borneo

Rainforest and oil palm in Sumatra

Mantadia rain forest

Mantadia rain forest

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0689]

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0689]

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1416

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1416

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2853

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2853

Scientific facility in the Chinese rainforest

Tropical forest in Nam Et-Phou Louey

Illegal deforestation for palm oil
[indonesia_20152241]

Gunung Leuser ecosystem

Rainforest in Southern China

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1799

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1799

Riau rainforest [riau_5113]

Borneo rainforest in Malaysia

Borneo rainforest in Malaysia

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

Tijuca Forest [brazil_155679a]

Rainforest along the Tambopata river

Rain forest in Riau [riau_5171]

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations

Rex creek in Mossman Gorge [australia_mossman_gorge_034]

Deforestation in Panama

Deforestation in Panama

Peak in Ujung Kulon

Peak in Ujung Kulon

Overhead view of rain forest in Costa Rica

Overhead view of rain forest in Costa Rica

Tropical rainforest at twilight

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig

Peat forest in Riau [riau_0353]

Rainforest
[indonesia_20152010]

Lake Gatun and Barro Colorado Island

Lake Gatun and Barro Colorado Island

Clearing for oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2936

Clearing for oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2936

Lower Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_0036

Lower Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_0036

Lowland rainforest in Sumatra
[indonesia_20150895]

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1263]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0214

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0214

Rainforest creek

Where rainforest meets sea [brazil_154729]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0413

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0413

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_1077]

Umbrella plant in Sulawesi

Logging road in the Borneo rainforest

Logging road in the Borneo rainforest

Peat forest in Riau

Forest interior in Sumatra
[bukit_tigapuluh_0528]

Illegal deforestation for palm oil
[indonesia_20152249]

Remote tropical beach on Pulau Gaya

Remote tropical beach on Pulau Gaya

Dipterocarp tree
[bukit_tigapuluh_0647]

Morning in Cuc Phuong rainforest

Heliconia [costa_rica_la_selva_1468]

Heliconia [costa_rica_la_selva_1468]

Rainforest in the Gunung Leuser ecosystem [aceh_1281]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1640

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1640

Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1017]

Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1017]

Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy

Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy

Illegal deforestation for palm oil
[indonesia_20152254]

Forest in Imbak Canyon

Forest in Imbak Canyon

Siquirres rainforest

Siquirres rainforest

Rainforest in Sarawak

Sulawesi rainforest

Rainforests [costa_rica_osa_0155]

Rainforests [costa_rica_osa_0155]

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1485

Rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1485

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0084]

View of the Tembeling River and surrounding rainforest

View of the Tembeling River and surrounding rainforest

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2139

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2139

Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon

Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon

Rainforest canopy in Sumatra [riau_1491]

Peat forest [riau_1131]

Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree

Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree

Strangler fig in Borneo

Sumatran rainforest
[indonesia_20150009]

Tijuca Forest [brazil_155677]

Giant strangler fig [australia_mossman_gorge_232]

Borneo rainforest

Profile of a rainforest in Borneo

Rainforest leaves in Sabah

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1635

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1635

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0483

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0483

Riau rainforest [riau_0876]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1614

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1614

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0762

Logging road in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0762

Coconut plantation aside forest below Dua Saudara Mountain

Borneo rainforest river -- sabah_aerial_1149

Borneo rainforest river -- sabah_aerial_1149

Ranomafana rainforest

Ranomafana rainforest

Costa Rica rainforest [costa_rica_siquirres_0664]

Costa Rica rainforest [costa_rica_siquirres_0664]

Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes

Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes

River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes

River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes

Sumatran rainforest at sunset
[bukit_tigapuluh_0275]

Tesso Nilo rainforest
[indonesia_20152921]

Daintree swimming hole [australia_daintree_312]

Rainbow over the rainforest

Rainbow over the rainforest

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig

Peat forest in Giam Siak Kecil [riau_0731]

1000 year old tree' in Vietnam's Cuc Phuong

Peat forest
[indonesia_20150367]

Forest and oil palm [riau_5399]

Sunset over the Tambopata river

Rainforest along the Tambopata river

Peat forest in Riau [riau_0497]

Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0601]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0475

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0475

Rainforest below Dua Saudara

Riau rainforest [riau_0891]

Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree

Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree

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