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CAMPACHE

• This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 2, 2002.
• The state has rich rain forests. The jaguar population, most of which may be found in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, is estimated at four hundred. It is one the largest jaguar populations anywhere in the world. Orchids and other plants of the rain forest are native to the state.

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• The Sun glows like a star in the turquoise waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico along the coast of the state of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The Sun bleaches the waters pooled on the coast as white as sand. The barrier island Isla Del Carmen shelters the lagoon to the north, while sinuous, blue currents slide into the lagoon past Cuidad de Carmen on the island’s western tip.