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The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The town of Altamira, on the  Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the village of Cachoeira Teotonio, at the Teotonio rapids in the Madeira River near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The rapids will disappear when the 7.7 billion dollar Santo Antonio dam goes into operation in 2011. Proponents say that Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Teotonio rapids in the Madeira River near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The rapids will disappear when the 7.7 billion dollar Santo Antonio dam goes into operation in 2011. Proponents say that Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A photographer makes photos of the Teotonio rapids in the Madeira River near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The rapids will disappear when the 7.7 billion dollar Santo Antonio dam goes into operation in 2011. Proponents say that Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Teotonio rapids in the Madeira River near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The rapids will disappear when the 7.7 billion dollar Santo Antonio dam goes into operation in 2011. Proponents say that Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Teotonio rapids in the Madeira River near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The rapids will disappear when the 7.7 billion dollar Santo Antonio dam goes into operation in 2011. Proponents say that Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Construction of the Santo Antonio dam near Porto Velho in Brazil's western Amazonian state of Rondonia. The 7.7 billion dollar dam on the Madeira River is the center of a new round of the age-old question of environment versus development. Proponents say tha Brazil needs more energy to grow and that the energy output per square kilometer of flooded area is one of the best ever. Detractors complain that fish stocks and indigenous populations will suffer.The dam will go online in December 2011 and make the Madeira River navegable for the first time - giving Bolivia access to the Atlantic ocean.  (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
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