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**Rio Branco CIR image — how to read it.** - **Color infrared (CIR) composite** — NIR → red gun, Red → green gun, Green → blue gun. - Three spectral signatures called out: - **Intact forest** — bright red (high NIR from dense healthy canopy). - **Deforested** — cyan/magenta/bright (bare soil, low NIR). - **Second-growth** — intermediate red (less biomass than primary forest). - **Linear feature:** BR 364 highway — the spine along which deforestation spreads in "fishbone" patterns. City of Rio Branco visible as a built-up patch. - Image date: **August 30, 1992**, Path 2 / Row 67.

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