"South America's Amazon basin is obscured by smoke from the clearing and burning of tropical forest....The smoke cloud observed during this mission was the largest and densest yet seen by astronauts. If placed over the United States, it would have covered an area of the country more than three times the size of Texas. This view shows a portion of the smoke ending where the Andes mountains rise on the horizon. The closest mountains are about 650 miles distant."
Streaks of gray in the earth's atmosphere show the magnitude and number of rainforest fires burning in this view over South America shown below.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of white streaks in the photo below indicate the multitude of fires burning in this view over Indonesian Borneo.
The following photo shows about 250 miles of fires burning along Mozambique's coast line.
Below, ground features are almost completely obscured by smoke over the Amazon.
In Tanzania, the burning of brush clears more land for farming.
Along the Zambezi River Delta of East Africa, smoke and smoke plumes can be seen from space in the photo below.
These pictures and more can be found in The Truth About Rainforest Destruction.
Click here to read:
- a Short Review,
the Introduction,
about Rainforest Indians,
about Rates and Causes of deforestation,
about Who Profits from deforestation,
about Sustainable Development,
about Solutions,
who has Endorsed The Truth About Rainforest Destruction,
about author Russell G. Coffee.
Click here to see NASA Photos of burning rainforests that can be seen from space.
Please feel free to E-mail author Russell G. Coffee with your comments or questions.
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