Electrification of deforested areas, Para state, Brazil

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 September 2016 from 09:05:56 to 09:06:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 28 July 2017 at 13:51:09 UTC
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Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 August 2021 at 13:51:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 13 January 2022 from 09:06:25 to 09:06:50 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Infrastructure, electric power, deforestation, rainforest, agriculture, Amazon, Brazil
Fig. 1 - S1 (29.09.2016->23.10.2016) - South of the Amazon, deforested areas between Xingu & Tocantins rivers run by electric lines, Brazil.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (11.08.2021) - Belo Monte energy conversion substation feeds High Voltage Direct Current lines feed lines to Minas Gerais & Rio de Janeiro.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (28.06.2016) - Further inland, an area undergoing progressive deforestation.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (11.08.2021) - Xingu ground electrode electrical substations were built there in 2018 with two infrastructures visible.
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Fig. 5 - S1 (20.12.2021->13.01.2022) - It is also visible in radar imagery which allows monitoring through the cloud layer.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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