Finding Gold Mining Hotspots in Peru

Researchers have created a satellite-based tool to help officials identify new activity.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Radar Mining Monitoring Tool data courtesy of the SERVIR-Amazonia Program. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published June 16, 2021
Data acquired January - May 28, 2021

Sources:

Landsat 8 > OLI

Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1B

Space Shuttle > SRTM

Collections:

Amazon Deforestation

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