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Small scale farming, Rondônia.
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Satellite image of a Bolivian Soy Bean Plantation (Forest = dark red, plantation = blue).
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The Amazon basin contains three to four million square kilometers of rain forest. Detailed Landsat images show that this forest is being cleared at the rate of about a quarter of a million square kilometers per decade.
Watch the Radical Transformation of a Bolivian Rain Forest
Landsat satellites have been photographing this area for fifteen years. This dramatic time-lapse sequence documents the transformation of a section of pristine rain forest. Virgin forest appears dark red, fading to pale blue or white as larger and larger areas are cut down to make way for soybean plantations.
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