In my nearly 12 years of running mongabay.com, I have had the good fortune to visit spectacular forests around the world. So this Earth Day, instead of writing something pithy (Jeremy has done a fine job in his Earth Day post recognizing the value of what nature gives us), I’m just posting some of my favorite forest pictures I’ve taken in my travels.
If you are a long-time mongabay reader, you’ve probably noticed my tradition of not writing anything Earth Day-related on Earth Day. This is intentional, but in 2005 I did write about what spurred me to create mongabay.com back in the late 1990’s: Earth Day: Another gimmick day full of false promises and empty pledges or a day of reflection?.
Routeburn track, New Zealand
Redwood forest of Van Damme State Park
Buttress roots of a giant rainforest canopy tree in Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia
Bamboo forest on the Pipiwai trail, Maui
Redwood forest of Van Damme State Park
Sunset over the Borneo rainforest
Canopy of the Osa Peninsula rainforest, Costa Rica
Rainforest in Panama
Redwood forest on the Matt Davis-Steep Ravine Loop trail
Routeburn track, New Zealand
Matt Davis Trail, Mount Tamalpais
Rainforest in Panama
Red tree in Borneo
Moss covered tree in Ranomafana river
Redwood forest of Van Damme State Park
Rainforest in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo
Indonesia rainforest, West Kalimantan
Horseman’s star (Hippeastrum), Louisiana
Palm fronds
Mantadia rain forest, Madagascar
Routeburn track, New Zealand
Rainforest in West Kalimantan
