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February 8, 2006
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Landscape view with vegetation digitally removed on right; present on left.
Perspective view of a landscape in the Angelo Coast Range Reserve along the South Fork Eel River in California. The area to the left has been colored according to the vegetation canopy height above the local ground surface; the area to the right has had vegetation digitally removed, revealing the details of the underlying topography.
Credit: UC-Berkeley
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