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


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

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Landsat 5 > TM