MapLab: High on Lidar

MapLab: High on Lidar

Lidar is similar to radar, except that it uses laser beams (rather than radio waves) to detect objects in space. A snapshot of a lidar scan of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The hope is to etch a permanent record of Earth’s cultural, environmental, and geological resources, with so many of them now facing destruction by humans or human-induced climate change.