Brazil’s Carajás Mines

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

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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