Photos: The incredible views from the amazing Amazon Tall Tower Observatory

[caption id=“attachment_2049563” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The e Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest will study a variety of scientific phenomena. But it also gives you an incredible view and like most towers, needs to be painted. Here are some images of this incredible structure. Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049577” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A view from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest in Amazonas state. The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is a project of Brazil’s National Institute of Amazonian Research and Germany’s Max Planck Institute and will be equipped with high-tech instruments and an observatory to monitor relationships between the jungle and the atmosphere from next July. Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049565” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A rainbow is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory. Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049567” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Another view of the Amazon jungle from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049569” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Expectedly the view from the top of the tower is not for those with vertigo. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049571” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A worker paints the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) which will gather data on heat, water, carbon gas, winds, cloud formation and weather patterns. Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049573” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Here’s what the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) looks like from a distance. REUTERS image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049575” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Researchers talk in a cabin next to the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). Reuters image[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2049579” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) is pictured against the night sky. Reuters image[/caption]