Forest Burning (IMAGE)

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Forest Burning

Caption

This is a thousand-hectare burn in the southeastern Amazon, that was lit to remove unwanted trees to make way for agriculture, escaped into the adjacent forest.

Credit

J.K. Balch, 2004.

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