Maars and calderas of the volcanic Eifel, Germany

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 January 2018 at 17:23:40 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 12 October 2018 at 05:41:37 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 15 October 2018 at 10:40:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 October 2018 at 17:15:38 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geology, volcano, crater lakes, caldera, UNESCO Global Geopark, Rhine rift, Germany
Fig. 1 - S1 (12.10.2018) - The rolling Eifel highlands are a hilly landscape located at the northwestern part of the ‘Rheinish Slate Mountains’.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (15.10.2018) - When the Laacher See formed ~6 km3 of magma & ~16 km3 of tephra erupted.
3D view
The Laacher See eruption produced a 30 m deep layer of tephra, it killed all life within a 40-60 km radius.
Fig. 3 - S2 (15.10.2018) - Maars at south-west. Volcanoes dot the landscape, with 350 known eruptions from 40 million to 10 900 years ago.
3D view
Fig. 4 - S2 (15.10.2018) - Dry maars on bottom-left and rop-right. Today the average uplift of the Vulkaneifel is about 1-2 mm / year.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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