Iquitos, Peru Deforestation (Draft)
Urban growth in the region of Iquitos, Peru has caused deforestation in the surrounding area. Deforestation is depicted as light green in this animation. This animation is a draft version that was intended for an upcoming special called 'Journey to Planet Earth (Season 2)'. However, it was later cut from the show and only exists in this draft form.
Animation of the changes in Iquitos, Peru, between 1987 and 2001.
11-01-1987 Landsat-5 data of Iquitos, Peru
5-31-2001 Landsat-7 data of Iquitos. Notice the light green strips of deforested land in the upper left region of this satellite image.
Video slate image reads "Iquitos, Peru Deforestation Draft
Shows deforestation in Iquitos, Peru from 1987 to 2001. The areas of light green are where forests have been stripped.".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, January 21, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
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Band Combination 5, 4, 2 [Landsat-5: TM]
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Band Combination 5, 4, 2 [Landsat-7: ETM+]
ID: 341This dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
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