Landscapes of the Soudanese Red Sea Hills

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 May 2017 from 03:30:12 to 03:31:02 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 May 2017 from 03:22:50 to 03:23:40 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 May 2019 at 07:56:11 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, coastal, hydrology, geology, mountain range, rift, desert, sand, erg, reg, sand, river, Red Sea, Sudan, Egypt
Fig. 1 - S2 (05.05.2019) - 11,8,2 composite - The rift that formed the Red Sea during the Oligocene also uplifted the Arabian-Nubian Shield.
2D view
The Red Sea Hills are a part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield analog to the mountains of Sinai Peninsula & to the Sarawat mountains of Saudi Arabia.
Fig. 2 - S1 (25 & 26.05.2017) - vv,vh,vv coulour composite - While the rock itself is 550-900 My old, the mountains were formed ~23 My ago.
2D view
Fig. 3 - S2 (05.05.2019) - 11,8,2 colour composite - The Red Sea Rift was formed by the divergence between the African & Arabian Plates.
3D view
Fig. 4 - S1 (25 & 26.05.2017) - neg(vh,vv,vh) coulour composite - Dykes and magmatic intrusions eroded differently from their surrounding.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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