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The most conspicuous difference between the images is the widespread forest clearing—visible as rectangles of gray-beige—that had occurred by 2006.


NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey and ASTER data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published November 14, 2008
Data acquired July 28, 2006

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Terra > ASTER