Iron mines & steel plants near Nanfen district, China

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 April 2017 at 02:35:51 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 April 2018 at 09:40:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, natural resources, open pit mines, tailing dam, infrastructures, industry, railway, urban growth, China
Fig. 1 - S2 (29.04.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - A large open pit iron ore mine next to two tailing dams south of Benxi, in North-East China.
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Fig. 2 - 4,3,2 natural colour - SW of Benxi, several mines, a tailing dam and factories close to the railway infrastructures.
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Fig. 3 - 12,8,2 colour composite - Band 12 shows the chimney flare of Shandong Steel Benxi Plant & numerous factories near the railway
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Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 natural colour - Several iron mines & their reddish tailing dams surround Anshan, 80 km west of Benxi in Liaoyang suburb.
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Fig. 5 - S1 (01.04.2018) - vv,vh,ndi - The mines, tailings dams as well as Anshan Iron & Steel Works all show on this radar images.
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Fig. 6 - 12,8,2 colour composite - This close up view on Anshan highlights the diversity of the man-modified land use.
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