Iceberg endangers Greenland village

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 June 2018 at 15:59:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 28 June 2018 at 15:58:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 10 July 2018 at 20:48:13 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 July 2018 at 16:19:01 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 22 July 2018 at 20:48:14 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, polar, coastal, ice melt, iceberg, tsunami, emergency, natural disaster, Greenland, Denmark
Fig. 1 - S2 (23.06.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Innaarsuit village lies on the western coast of Greenland, well in the arctic circle.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (28.06.2018) - In July, a 200m wide and 100m high iceberg approached dangerously near its coast.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (19.07.2018) - The villagers have been evacuated, they hope currents will carry the iceberg away.
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Fig. 4 - S1 IW (22.07.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - It weights over 11 million tons, its breaking could cause a tsunami.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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