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Heavy Sediments from Wide Mouth of Amazon River, Brazil – August 31st, 2010
Brazil - August 27th, 2010 The Amazon River in South America is the second longest river in the world after the Nile. It is 4,080 miles long and runs from the Andes Mountains in Peru through Brazil to...
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Amazon River Mouth and Smoke from Bolivian Fires
Brazil - September 5th, 2010 Part of the mouth of the Amazon River, in northern Brazil, is visible at the right edge of this image. The river is releasing a heavy load of sediments, appearing brown in...
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Dust from Western Africa Reaches Lesser Antilles
Dust Off West Coast of Africa - September 20th, 2010 The dust that has been blowing over Morocco/Western Sahara and Mauritania and off the western coast of Africa over the last couple of days has now...
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Opaque Tan Sediments by Amazon River Mouth
Brazil - August 24th, 2010 Although clouds dot the skies over large areas of the Amazon Rainforest in this image of northern Brazil, the Amazon River and its extremely wide mouth are clearly visible....
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Drought Affects Brazilian Amazon
Brazil - September 14th, 2010 The full version of this FAPAR image stretches from northeastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (left to right along the coast), across the Brazilian Amazon...
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Vegetation Index of Northern Brazil and Amazon Rainforest
Brazil - January 1st, 2011 This FAPAR image shows the vegetation index of northern Brazil, extending southward across the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazonas Region in the full image. The mouth of the...
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Sediments in Amazon River Mouth, Brazil
Brazil - June 21st, 2011 Despite some cloud cover, thick sediments can be seen spilling forth from the mouth of the Amazon River in South America. It is the second longest river in the world and by far...
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Important Rivers of the World – July 27th, 2011 – EOSnap Celebrates its...
Russia - July 24th, 2011 Egypt - July 23rd, 2011 Argentina - July 23rd, 2011 Brazil - July 23rd, 2011 Eosnap celebrates its 4000th post with a look at recent images of the mouths of a few of the...
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Sediments in Broad Estuary of Amazon River, Brazil
Brazil - August 3rd, 2011 Dense brown sediments spill forth from the mouth of the Amazon River of South America, the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an...
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Sediments in Amazon River Mouth and Along Shore of French Guiana and Amapá,...
Brazil - August 25th, 2011 Dense brown sediments spill out of the mouth of the Amazon River and line the coastline of the Brazilian state of Amapá and French Guiana (upper left corner). At 4,080 miles...
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Popcorn Clouds Near Amazon River Mouth, Brazil
Brazil - September 21st, 2011 Popcorn clouds hovering in the skies over the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest help to highlight the channels of the Amazon River. The river’s mouth can be seen near the image...
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From the Northern Coast of South America to the Meeting of the Waters, Brazil
Brazil - August 16th, 2011 This image stretches from the northenern coastline of South America, including Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, across the Brazilian state of Roraima to the state of...
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Marajó Archipelago in Amazon River Mouth, Brazil
Brazil - September 7th, 2011 Several islands can be observed in the delta lowlands at the mouth of the Amazon in the state of Pará, Brazil. The islands form part of the low-lying marajó várzea, the...
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Rivers and Reservoirs Near Northern Coast of South America
Brazil - October 15th, 2011 This image stretches across Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (left to right) as well as parts of Brazil (far right and below). The Amazon River can be seen crossing the...
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Sediments from Amazon River Entering Atlantic Ocean
Brazil - October 24th, 2011 The Amazon River of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest...
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Sediments in Mouth of Amazon River, Brazil – June 14th, 2012
Brazil - May 22nd, 2012 A thick load of sediments spills forth from the Amazon River, in South America. It is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average...
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Sediments in Amazon River Mouth, Brazil
Brazil – August 6th, 2012 The Amazon River has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi), which accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world’s...
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Fires Near Amazon River in Brazil
Brazil – August 27th, 2012 Wispy trails of smoke from fires in Brazil blow over the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon River, fed by various tributaries, can be seen flowing across the middle of the image....
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Rivers Running Through the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Brazil – September 1st, 2012 Rivers winding their way through Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest appear as tan lines due to the sediments they carry. Visible in the upper part of the image is the Amazon River,...
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Confluence of Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, Brazil
Brazil – November 10th, 2012 This image shows the Tapajós River (visible as a thick, blue band) joining the Amazon River (brown with sediments, meandering horizontally across the image center). The...
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Sun Glint on Rivers Crossing Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Brazil – March 26th, 2013 The Amazon River and several of its tributaries can be seen flowing across this image, amidst the green vegetation of the Amazon Rainforest in the Brazilian state of Amazonas....
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Negro and Amazon Rivers Flowing Across Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Brazil – March 26th, 2013 Flowing across the upper portion of this image of the Amazon Rainforest is the Rio Negro, a river with dark, almost black-coloured, water (although part of the river to the...
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Drought in the Amazon Delta Region and Effects on Global Warming – June 2nd,...
Brazil – June 1st, 2013 An increased frequency of droughts in the Amazon, particularly the delta region (visible here), such as the ones that occurred in 2005 and 2010, threatens to turn the world’s...
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Sediment Loads of the Amazon River, Brazil
Brazil – June 4th, 2013 Sediment loads can be calculated by converting cosmogenic nuclide-derived rates using their sediment-producing areas. The fluctuations in the modern sediment loads of the Amazon...
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How Deforestation Impacts the Amazon River, Brazil – June 15th, 2013
Brazil – June 15th, 2013 The Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, covering over 7,049,947km2 of land, supplying the Amazon River with all of its water. The Amazon forest is an...
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