File:Fires and Deforestation on the Amazon Frontier, Rondonia, Brazil - September 30, 2007.jpg

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Summary

Description	English: This image shows one consequence of forest clearing in the Amazon: thick smoke that hangs over the forest.
Date	30 September 2007
Source	NASA Earth Observatory
Author	Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon

Image based on data from the MODIS science team.

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Amazon rainforest

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Image title	IDL TIFF file
Width	3,836 px
Height	3,000 px
Compression scheme	LZW
Pixel composition	RGB
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	100 dpi
Vertical resolution	100 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
File change date and time	12:18, 27 April 2009
Colour space	Uncalibrated

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