South America

Scuba divers travelling to dive site aboard inflatable boat, Galapagos Islands, September 2011. Property and model released.

Scuba divers travelling to dive site aboard inflatable boat, Galapagos Islands, September 2011. Property and model released.

River barge transporting cattle and passengers on Rio Maranon, Amazon River Tributarie, Peru, November 2006.

Coast of the Nasca desert, Peru, November 2006.

Fissure eruption of Chico Volcano into 9km diameter caldera. Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. October 2005.

Volcanic caldera - caldera lake steaming after eruption. Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

High angle view of the Nasca desert with cacti, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, November 2006.

Tropical cloud rainforest, Bosque de Protection del Alto Mayo, Peru.

Peruvian booby (Sula variegata) and Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flock, Punta Coles reserve, Peru.

Puma cub (Felis concolor patagonica) age 7 months walking along rocks, Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female with 7 month old cubs on rocks, Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) near coral reef drop off, Galapagos, December.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female with 7 month old cubs on rocks, Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female, looking over Lago Sarmiento, aerial view. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female with 7 month old cubs. Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female with 7 month old cubs on rocks, Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Puma (Felis concolor patagonica) female with 7 month old cubs on rocks, Lago Sarmiento. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Pampas landscape with Calden tree (Prosopis caldenia) La Pampa, Argentina.

Lowland rainforest landscape viewed from above the canopy, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

A hatchling Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nearing the waters edge, Cayenne, French Guiana

Aerial view of rainforest Canopy. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Aerial view of blackwater swamp, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Aerial view of shifting sand bank in Napo River, Amazon Rainforest, bordering Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador, South America

Aerial view of Tiputini River and surrounding Rainforest. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) flock taking off from above, La Pampa , Argentina

Aerial view of Tiputini River and surrounding rainforest. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) flock from above, La Pampa , Argentina

Pantanal as seen from Caracara Hill, Amolar mountains, Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil

Pantanal as seen from Caracara Hill, Amolar mountains, Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil

Aerial view of Lago Preto, Amazon Rainforest and lake, Peru

Aerial view of cloud forest cleared for pasture near to populations of Yellow-tailed woolly monkeys, Alto Mayo, Amazonas, Peru, June 2008

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Aerial view of Bolivian Chaco (dry forest and savannah region of Southwestern South America), Santa Cruz Department, Southeastern Bolivia.

Aerial view of the coast of Patagonia showing Orca in channel along beach, Valdes peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina, october 2003

Trucks coming from either Coca or Lago Agrio cross the Napo river by barge before travelling on to various oil company instalations in the Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador

Aerial view of Balbina Hydro electric dam, 2400 sq kms of rainforest flooded, nr Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil

Aerial view of tropical rainforest tree canopy, near Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meander and tributary, Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of lake beside river in tropical rainforest, Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meander in Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meanders in Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meander and tributary, Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meander and tributary, Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of meander in Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of Upper Rio Negro where it crosses the equator, Amazonia, Brazil

Aerial view of meander and tributary, Rio Yavari, Amazonia, Peru

Aerial view of Nick Gordon filming from top of tower in rainforest canopy, Amazonia, Brazil

Angel Falls, world's tallest waterfall, southern Venezuela, South America.November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Looking over edge of Angel Falls, world's tallest waterfall, southern Venezuela, South America.November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Aerial view over the rainforest showing transect deforestation, Manaus, Brazil, South America

Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). Valdez peninsula, Argentina.

Water from Rio Solimoes meeting water from Rio Negros, Amazonia, Brazil

Water from Rio Solimoes meeting darker water of the Rio Negros, Amazonia, Brazil

Aerial view of Lago Colorado at 4200m altitude, red colour is dinoflagellates, the white is salt, Bolivia, South America

Aerial view of saltflats of Salar de Uyuni at 3800m, Bolivia, South America

Aerial view of Quechua settlement and fields in Andes, Bolivia, South America

Aerial view of coastal fishing village, Laguna Grande, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

Aerial view of barren landscape and a solitary dirt road through the altiplano at 4500m, Bolivia, South America

Aerial view of Parana river, before dam construction, Argentina / Paraguay border, South America

Aerial view of {Copernicia alba} palm savanna. Humid Chaco, Argentina, South America

Amazonian rainforest aerial, Manaus, Brazil, South America

Humid chaco forest cleared for agricultural land on flood plains, Bermejo river, N Argentina, South America

Aerial view of badlands, Talampaya NP, W Argentina, South America

Aerial view of Sao Paulo, one of most populated cities in world, Brazil, South America

Aerial view of the Pantanal wetlands with homestead, Brazil, South America

Aerial view of Cotopaxi volcano crater covered in snow, Ecuador, South America, 2000

Aerial view of sandstone cliffs nodular pinnacles, Brazil, near Pantanal, South America 2000

Aerial view of Pantanal landscape, in wet season, Brazil, South America 2000

Aerial view of lake amongst tree covered mountains, Peru, South America 2000

Aerial view of Nazca lines on mountain side, Peru, South America 2000

Aerial view of coastline with seabird colonies, Paracas Islands, Peru, South America 2000

Aerial view of sandstone escarpments, nodular pinnacles, Brazil, South America 2000

Wild male Jaguar (Panthera onca) walking in river, Amazonia, Brazil, South America

Aerial view of deliberate bush fire in order to make pasture (slash and burn procedure) Piaui State, Brazil, South America

Aerial view of recent rainforest deforestation, recently cleared for agriculture, Amazon Brazil, South America

Aerial view of coastline, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina, South America 2000