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Rare Nasa photos reveal Amazon ‘gold rivers’ – Yahoo News Australia
The satellite images reveal miles of unregistered gold mining in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, Nasa says.
Stunning rare photographs published by Nasa have revealed the extent of gold mining – much of it thought to be illegal – in Peru’s Amazon rainforest.
The “rivers of gold” captured in the images are actually pits believed to have been dug by unlicensed miners, the space agency says.
The pits, usually hidden from view, were illuminated by reflected sunlight.
An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) captured the unusual photographs in December.
The images are further evidence of the scale…
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