Wildfire bordering Chernobyl power plant perimeter

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 28 May 2018 at 08:56:41 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 June 2018 at 09:05:49 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 June 2018 at 09:05:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, wildfire, anthropic disaster, nuclear, pollution, Ukraine
Fig. 1 - S2 (28.05.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - View of Chernobyl power plant & the 30km restricted zone before the wildfire.
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Fig. 2 - 05.06.2018 - 12,8,2 colour composite - The fire front (red) approaches south of the power plant.
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Fig. 3 - 2018.06.10 - 12,8,2 composite - The fire nearly breached the gates but firemen prevented radioactive release.
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Fig. 4 - 2018.06.10 - ndi(8,4) with colour map - The decrease of vegetal cover is shown by the NDVI.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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