Canopy (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Canopy

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The Honduran Mosquitia's dense canopy of tree tops rising some 50 meters (164 feet) above the forest floor has long concealed structures on the ground. Scientists can now detect those structures from aircraft using light-detection-and-ranging (lidar) -- a laser-based technology.

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