Rag Times

(via enajyentihw):

NASA recently released imagery showing the deforestation of America… in just 34 years.

This can’t be is real. This looks more like a view of Earth in the summer and winter. Notice how the coasts and rainy areas are greener. And, for instance, the great plains, which appear very green in the first image, have never had natural forests. Lancaster county had something like 15 trees total! We have more trees in Lincoln now than ever before in history.

Plus, the source leads back to a dead Tumblr, and there’s nothing in Google except for more convincing satellite imagery, such as this (from an actual NASA website) and this (which is admittedly still bleak).