The construction of a giant observation tower in the middle of the Amazon rainforest – a project of German and Brazilian scientists – is nearing completion. Photos from the top of the structure, which is higher than the Eiffel Tower, reveal the process.

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The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO), situated in the Brazilian municipality of Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma, will monitor weather and record long-term measurements of greenhouse gases from July 2015.

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Situated in the middle of the Earth’s largest rainforest, it will study how the ecosystem interacts with the atmosphere, to determine whether it absorbs or emits net carbon (CO2 and methane gases).

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The creation of the climate observation structure in the middle of the Amazon began on August 15, when German and Brazilian scientists joined forces to build the 325-meter tower.

(Reuters / Bruno Kelly)

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