Satellite image of the mouths of the Amazon River in Brazil

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Satellite image of the mouths of the Amazon River in Brazil, with the island of Marajó in the center and the cities (in red) of Macapá (left) and Belém (right).

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Satellite image of Brazil

River systems in eastern Brazil

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Satellite image of eastern Brazil

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Headwaters of the Xingu River

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Satellite image of forests of the Amazon

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Satellite image of the Amazon River's Mouth

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Satellite image of the Amazon River

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Satellite image of Central Brazil

This Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) true-color image was acquired on October 19, 2000, over a...

Satellite image of northeastern Brazil

The Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite detected numerous fires (red dots) burning...

Satellite image of southernmost Brazil

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from June 14, 2002, shows southernmost Brazil and the...

Satellite image of eastern and southeastern Brazil

These true- and false-color images of eastern and southeastern Brazil were captured by the Moderate Resolution...

Satellite image of the mouths of the Amazon River in Brazil