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Year in photos: nature & conservation pictures



The following 50 photos were taken during the course of my reporting and research in 2009. I have only included nature and wildlife subjects from Laos, Thailand, Costa Rica, Brazil, Indonesia, California, and Madagascar, although I also took pictures of other subjects and spent time in other countries.



Last year’s photos can be found here.



These are low quality, low resolutions shots but all of these images are available in high resolution. See mongabay.zenfolio.com for high resolution versions of these and other pictures.



All photos were taken by Rhett A. Butler.



Male Panther chameleon in Ankarana, Madagascar




Indri lemur (Indri indri) near Andasibe. Madagascar




Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica




Male Orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia




Rainforest canopy of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica




Female Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby in Madagascar




Giant Dipterocarp tree in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia




Female orangutan in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia




Territorial chase between a pair of Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in southern Madagascar




Red grasshawk dragonfly in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia




White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) in Ranomafana, Madagascar




Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica




Parson’s chameleon (Calumma parsonii) in Madagascar




Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in Southern Madagascar




Dancing Verreaux’s sifaka lemur in southern Madagascar




McWay Waterfall in Big Sur, California




Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil




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