.......The Images

Amazonia

The floating houses in the Amazon are built on logs that float for decades. Janauacá, Amazonas - Brazil.	Leaves. Presidente Figueredo, Amazonas - Brazil.	Regional boats at the port in Manaus, preparing to part for the festival of "Boi" in Parintins. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	A lazy day made the dog sleep on the floating houses' varanda. Janauacá , Amazonas - Brazil.	The northern tip of the man-made lake of the Balbina Dam. Amazonas - Brazil.
The Amazon has a large variety of lillipads. These were in a lake in Amazonas - Brazil, near the state border with Roraima.	Floating house , in Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Nature's Rainbow. A macaw, in Cacoal, Rondônia - Brazil.	A lonesome rower on the Ariaú River, near Manaus, in Amazonas - Brazil.	In areas that flood, vegetation is often prepared, and adapts to either situation.Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.
Canoes, moored up in Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	The Alalau River seperates the states of Amazonas and Roraima in northern Brazil.	Near Manaus, the "green belt" supplies fruit, vegetables and some cattle-related products for the 1.5 million consumers of Manaus. There are some lush grass-fields, that are good for cattle for about 6 months, before the dry season hits. Amazonas, Brazil.	Boats of all sizes, in the port of Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	In Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil, the freshly cut wood dries naturally, before being worked and used for construction, minimizing the risk of warping.