One of the main industries on the island of Kalimantan is the ever growing Palm Oil plantation (vegetable oil). The owners will clear the forest, burn it, and then plant the palm oil trees in order to harvest their fruit a few years later. The plantations are truly expansive and their smoke due to clear cutting can be repulsive, even stopping our flight ops like they did earlier this year. They do make for an interesting pattern on the ground though.
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