Viewing the Past (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Viewing the Past

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This Carnegie Airborne Observatory LiDAR image shows the Tambopata River in the Peruvian Amazon. Ancient oxbows and meanders are in blue, extending from the current river in black. Higher terrace regions are pink.

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Greg Asner, the Carnegie Airborne Observatory

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