People & Landscapes, Madagascar 1997

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PEOPLE and LANDSCAPES























Beaches of southern Madagascar



Plane view of Tsingy de Bemaraha



Aerial view of village in Western Madagascar



Sparkling waters near Tampolo marine reserve



Beach along Antongil Bay



Morondava beach



Manambolo River canyon



Manambolo River canyon



Manambolo River canyon



Manambolo River canyon



Ranohira Falls



Deforestation in Madagascar



Deforestation in Madagascar



Slash-and-burn deforestation



Malagasy grasslands



Rice paddy in Isalo



Isalo National Park



Isalo National Park at sunrise



Isalo National Park at sunrise



Isalo National Park at sunrise



Isalo National Park landscape



Isalo National Park landscape



Sunset in Isalo National Park


Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2)
Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana


Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2)
Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana



Approaching rain at sunset in Isalo National Park



Aerial view of the red-colored Manambolo River



Oly canyon creek



Oly canyon stream flowing through limestone channels



Limestone pool on Oly creek



Waterfall on Oly creek



Road in rainforest of Mantady



Beachside palm trees at sunset in eastern Madagascar



Palm trees at sunset in eastern Madagascar



Sunset over maroantsetra beach (facing east)



Sunset over Nosy Mangabe



Rainforest creek on the Masoala Peninsula



Antongil Bay sunset



Sunset in the Tampolo area of Masoala NP



Moss covered tree in Ranomafana river



Mist Rising from the rainforest of Ranomafana National Park



Aerial view of Tsingy de Bemaraha



tsingy from above



Limestone tsingy



Sunset over Antananarivo



Sunset over Antananarivo



Aerial view of rice fields in eastern Madagascar



Aerial view of erosion in western Madagascar



Airplane view of deforestation-induced erosion in Madagascar



Manambolo River canyon



Canyon des Singes in Isalo NP



Canyon des Singes in Isalo NP



Isalo



Isalo



Isalo National Park landscape



manambolo waterfall



Waterfall on Oly creek



Sunset at Manambolo River



Sunset over a canal near Maroantsetra






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