NASA Photo ID: STS048-151-139      File Name: 10065069.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: Andean Altiplano, Amazon Basin burning
  Description:
  This view is centered over Lake Poopo, Bolivia, in the central Andean 
  Altiplano, (20.0S, 65.0W) with a view looking northeast into the lower 
  elevations of Bolivia and Brazil.  Extensive dry seasonal burning in the 
  Amazon Basin produces a thick haze which is trapped in the lower atmosphere   
  by a stable air layer.  The clarity difference in the scene is caused by
  the  Andes Mountains extending above the haze into cleaner upper atmosphere
  air.    Amazon Basin burning               
  Subject terms:
  AMAZON REGION                           
  ANDES MOUNTAINS (SOUTH AMERICA)         
  ATMOSPHERE                              
  BOLIVIA                                 
  BRAZIL                                  
  DEFORESTATION                           
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  EXTINCT LAKES                           
  FIRES                                   
  HAZE                                    
  LAKES                                   
  MOUNTAINS                               
  PLAINS                                  
  SMOKE                                   
  STS-48                                  
  

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