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February 25, 2016
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Brazil's Amazon Tall Tower Observatory.
The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory in Brazil. The PIRE researchers used three cameras set up on different towers across the Amazon to photograph individual tree crowns, discovering a pattern of leaf growth and death that helps us understand the Amazon's seasonality.
Credit: Aline Lopes, M.S. student, National Institute of Amazon Research, Manaus
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