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Tiny Beetles Take a Large Bite Out of the Forest

Pine bark beetles have been ravaging forests in the Rocky Mountains.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tiny Beetles Take a Large Bite Out of the Forest.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Thomas Veblen and Bill Romme.

Published July 28, 2012
Data acquired September 11, 2005 - September 28, 2011

Source:: Landsat 5 > TM