Crater Lakes national park, Queensland, Australia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 August 2019 at 00:27:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 August 2019 at 19:52:00 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 February 2020 at 19:51:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): National Park, UNESCO World Heritage, crater lakes, caldera, volcano, mountain range, Australia
Fig. 1 - S1 (15.08.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - Crater Lakes national park belongs to the Wet tropics of Queensland UNESCO World Heritage site.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (12.08.2019) - 11,8,2 colour composite - It lies on the western side of the northern tip of the Australian Great Dividing range.
2D view
These volcanic lakes formed thousand years ago when molten magma heated underground water, turning it to steam.
Fig. 3 - S1 (11.02.2020) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - The steam pressure caused massive eruptions, leaving these maars behind.
3D view
Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 natural colour - 730 m high, Lake Barrine is 1 km in diameter while Lake Eacham is 700 m wide.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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