Paul Bertner / Rainforest at sunrise, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Volcanic caldera, Daphne Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping playfully through calm inter-island seas, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Chien Lee / River in rainforest, Tiputini River, Amazon Basin, eastern Ecuador

Chien Lee / River in rainforest, Tiputini River, Amazon Basin, eastern Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Rainforest canopy, Napo River, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Mist over rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Clouds reflected in river running through rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Sunset over rainforest, Amazon, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Sunrise over rainforest, Amazon, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Crater, Daphne Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) trees in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Recent clearing along Maxus Road, originally an oil road now showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Anangu Lake and Napo Wildlife Centre, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tiputini River and oxbow lake in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Oil installation in dense rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tiputini River and rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Maxus Road, originally an oil road, and building showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Maxus Road, originally an oil road and building showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Crop planting along Maxus Road, originally an oil road, now showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Maxus Road, originally an oil road and buildings showing colonization of rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Bridge being built across Napo River to connect the town of Coca with Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) trees in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Emergent flowering tree and rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Maxus Road, originally an oil road, and clear cut, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Town of Coca with Yasuni National Park across Napo River, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tiputini River and rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Clear cut near Maxus Road, originally an oil road, now showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Palm plantation cutting through rainforest in the Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Rainforest on eastern slope of Andes, Antisana Volcano Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Trees growing in the lagoons of Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy with emergent flowering tree in Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Dense rainforest canopy, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cascading river in cloud forest, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cascading river in cloud forest, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Tiputini River aerial showing silted water, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Flooded forest, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cotopaxi Volcano, 5897 meters, it is the highest active volcano in the world, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) trees growing in arid landscape, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Cotopaxi Volcano rising 4,897 meters above the Andean Plateau, aerial view from 5,879 meters, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Aerial view of the coast showing finger rock on the background, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Aerial view of tree-covered crater, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Aerial view of craterized district, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) being herded by Chagra cowboys at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys, herding cattle during annual round-up, Yanahurco Hacienda, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys gathering at morning trinchera, the daily line-up for annual cattle rodeo, Yanahurco Hacienda, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Lake in high Andes Mountains of Cajas National Park, a 24,000 hectare park with over 230 lakes, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male in courtship display with extended gular pouch, Darwin Bay, Genovesa Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) group at water surface, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) group of females and young surfacing off of Pinta Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Ramshackle growth marks the boom town of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Sunset over forest and lake, Challuacocha Lake, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Kapok Tree (Bombax ceiba) forest, Ecuador

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Crater, Daphne Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Napo River heavily silted and Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Swamp aerial, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba pentandra) and rainforest canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tiputini River and rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Indigenous community and Yasuni National Park on opposite riverbanks, Napo River, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Oil installation in dense rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sandbank in Napo River, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Oil installation with gas burn-off flame, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sandbank in Napo River, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Patchwork of agricultural fields, Otavalo, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / River in Mindo-Nambillo Reserve, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Aerial view of craterized district, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Gorge with cloud cover, Quijos River, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Cerro Azul caldera with tufa formation in 1974 when caldera floor was dry, new lake formed in 1982 during major El Nino event, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador