15 tons of fallen tree from the Amazon forest. Photo: Ibama.

By Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires  on 10.16.09 We’re talking about deforestation in the Amazon all the time, but can we really understand the magnitude of what we’re saying? This is where an image is worth a thousand words: this is how a 15 tons, 40 meters tall, ¡250! years of age, fallen tree from the Amazon looks like. According to O Globo, this beautiful piece of nature was illegally cut down at Novo Mundo, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil; and will be showed at the country’s capital, Brasilia, for an environmental exhibition next November. …

Impressive: This is What a 15 Tons Illegally cut Tree from the Amazon Looks Like