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Brazil’s Carajás Mines

The red-brown earth exposed by open pit mines contrast with the greens of the surrounding Amazon forest.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published February 23, 2019
Data acquired July 16, 2018

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
Amazon Deforestation