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Photography - Places: Costa Rica

Central American paradise.

Clouds part for a moment during a flight from the capital of San Jose to Puerto Jimenez on the Osa Peninsula.
   
A brilliant morning greets a traveler at Lapa Rios, an eco-lodge on the Osa Peninsula.
   
With a wingspan six feet across, a scarlet macaw soars through the rain forest on the Osa Peninsula.
     
  
Sillouhetted by an aproaching storm, a squirrel monkey scampers through the rain forest canopy.
   
Chestnut billed toucan
   
Sea kayakers stop to collect coconuts from the shores along Golfo Dulce.
     
  
Peering through the clouds, Volcan Arenal looms over north central Costa Rica.
   
At night, Volcan Arenal puts on an incredible light show as molten rocks tumble down its slopes.
   
In Tortuguero on the Carribean Coast, a green sea turtle hatchling scampers from its nest to the surf.
     
  
After making it to the water, the green sea turtle hatchling has passed one daunting challenge, but new dangers will present themselves as it makes its way to kelp beds several miles off shore.
   
A lone horse stands in the shade of a tree along the banks of the RIo Sarapiqui in north eastern Costa Rica.