STS073-E-5338
| NASA Photo ID | STS073-E-5338 |
| Focal Length | mm |
| Date taken | 1995.11.02 |
| Time taken | 16:45:01 GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point: 25.1° S, 50.2° W
Photo center point: 20.0° S, 63.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 20.0° S, 63.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Nadir to Photo Center: West
Spacecraft Altitude: 145 nautical miles (269km)
Country or Geographic Name: | BOLIVIA |
Features: | RIO PARAPETI, AGR., MTS. |
| Features Found Using Machine Learning: | |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 10 (1-10)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 64° |
Sun Azimuth: | 289° |
Camera: | Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera |
Focal Length: | mm |
Camera Tilt: | High Oblique |
Format: | 3060E: 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array |
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Image Caption: Progressive Forest Clearing, Bolivia
The eastern half of Bolivia is covered with tropical rainforest. In the 1990s, Bolivia initiated a large-scale effort to increase the rate of logging and create tracts of land for commercial agriculture (primarily soy and sugar cane, but also coca) on the Amazon Basin side of the Andean highlands. Today, the commercial fields are well-established and easily mapped from space as large, rectangular clearings in the forest. The agricultural developments are still growing today.
The clearings start off as small rectangles arranged perpendicular to an access road; early clearings take on a herring-bone pattern when viewed from above. The uncleared (dark forest) areas are gradually logged and cultivated, filling in the pattern to make a larger cleared area. This image, a wide panorama view looking toward the west and the Andean foothills, was taken from the Space Shuttle in November 1995. The clearing efforts were just getting underway, evidenced by the crosshatched and herring-bone pattern of clearing north of the river. On the south side of the river, old, abandoned river stream channels show up as lighter regions with lesser forest cover.
The eastern half of Bolivia is covered with tropical rainforest. In the 1990s, Bolivia initiated a large-scale effort to increase the rate of logging and create tracts of land for commercial agriculture (primarily soy and sugar cane, but also coca) on the Amazon Basin side of the Andean highlands. Today, the commercial fields are well-established and easily mapped from space as large, rectangular clearings in the forest. The agricultural developments are still growing today.
The clearings start off as small rectangles arranged perpendicular to an access road; early clearings take on a herring-bone pattern when viewed from above. The uncleared (dark forest) areas are gradually logged and cultivated, filling in the pattern to make a larger cleared area. This image, a wide panorama view looking toward the west and the Andean foothills, was taken from the Space Shuttle in November 1995. The clearing efforts were just getting underway, evidenced by the crosshatched and herring-bone pattern of clearing north of the river. On the south side of the river, old, abandoned river stream channels show up as lighter regions with lesser forest cover.
