On the Road to Nauta

 

"There is no sand on the Amazon River itself where I go (just clay) as part of Project Amazonas Reforestation and Environmental Education, but there is plenty a few km away - really plenty for about 20 km from the airport to the road to Nauta.  Probably came from the Andes via the River Itaya." D. Dean

 

Space Shuttle  250mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 

ON THE ROAD TO NAUTA  4.53S, 73.55W

 

The link is to the Wikipedia page on Nauta.

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

 

1X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE  = 1MM)

3X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE = 1MM)

Return to Peru Sand to view high resolution versions of all samples from Peru. Click on the thumbnails above to view high resolution versions of the Nauta samples. This sample was collected by D. Dean a faculty member of the Valley Middle School in Oakland, New Jersey, and a participant in Project Amazonas Reforestation and Environmental Education .

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