.......The Images

Amazonia

Floating houses and canoes in Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Thunderstorm brewing over the farms in western Acre, close to the border between Brazil and Bolivia. The horses do not seem to be worried.	Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Varzea, with the high water. Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	More Buritis and grass, in the last sun beams of the day. Northern Roraima, Brazil.
Buritis and grass are the most common vegetation in the northern part of Roraima, known as the grassy plains of Roraima in Brazil.	The Rio Negro is amongst the worlds ten largest rivers. In the past, it was often referred to as "Rio Mar", which means Ocean River, due to its amazing size near Manaus , Amazonas - Brazil.	The Amazon has so many differemt types of fungi, that there is hardly a plant without at least one leaf untouched. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Floating houses and boats in Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil. This is the local equivalent of parking your car in front of your house.	State Highway cutting across the jungle, connecting Novo Airão with Manaus. Amazonas - Brazil.
Children learn early how to handle canoes: it's the only way to get by in the Amazon. Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	The northern most part of the Amazon basin, close to the border with Venezuela, has strange rock formations. One huge round rock formation calls attention, and has prehistoric paintings - possibly from the first human inhabitants of what is today the state of Roraima, Brazil. The rock is simply known as "Pedra Pintada": Painted Stone.	Floating house, at dusk, near Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	It is still possible to find the majestic Brazilnut trees in Amazonas, Brazil. They are still an important source of subsistance for small rural families, that collect the nuts, and sell them to industries that process the nuts.	The boats rest at the end of the day, in the calm waters of Lagoa Verde in Alter do Chão, Pará - Brazil.