Snowfalls in several regions of Austral Africa, RSA, Lesotho

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR, SLSTR LST & RBT acquired on 11 July 2023 from 07:42:04 to 07:45:04 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Weather, precipitations, snowfall, plateau, mountains, RSA, South Africa, Lesotho
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (11.07.2023) - It snowed in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, for the first time since 2012.
3D view
Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (11.07.2023) - This is a once-in-a-decade event for this city located on the South-African Plateau.
3D view
Fig. 3 - S3 OLCI (11.07.2023) - The snow melted quickly in this city but lasted longer on proper mountainous features at south and east of the plateau.
3D view
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency or the European Union.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
More on European Commission space:
More on ESA: S-1 website S-2 website S-3 website
More on Copernicus program: Scihub portal Cophub portal Inthub portal Colhub portal
More on VisioTerra: Sentinel Vision Portal Envisat+ERS portal Swarm+GOCE portal CryoSat portal