![]() When fully outfitted, ATTO’s trio of towers will bristle with gas sniffers, particulate collectors, light sensors, and scores of other instruments that will continuously watch over the forest - and the air above it - for at least the next two to three decades. It’s also the centerpiece of a three-tower scientific complex - the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, or ATTO - located 150 miles northeast of the Amazon River’s largest city, Manaus. It is called the Tall Tower, and with good reason: At 1,066 feet - three feet higher than the Eiffel Tower - it’s the tallest structure in South America. An orange lattice of steel rose up from the block and disappeared into the canopy far above my head. He reached a hand out of the window and tugged on a stick tied to the wipers, squeegeeing drizzle off the windshield.Īfter a short drive, he parked by a concrete slab in a clearing. ![]() We set off before dawn with my guide, Elton Mendes, steering a battered pickup through the Amazon jungle. Views of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, the tallest structure in South America.
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