NASA has released pictures of the Peruvian Amazon

NASA has released pictures of the Peruvian Amazon.

Amazon can be seen shining like gold in the pictures.

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These pictures have been taken from the International Space Station. This research is from 2020.

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This gold-like shine is sunlight reflected from dirty water pits.

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According to NASA's Earth Observatory website, there is a possibility of gold in these pits.

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It seems as if it was dug by unlicensed miners.

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About 30,000 miners are working illegally in this area.

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Here, excavators are destroying the rainforest to extract gold.

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Thousands of miners try to earn their livelihood here.

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This illegal mining may be a boon for poor people, but it hurts the Amazon.

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