Greek fires surrounds Athens

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 July 2018 at 09:06:01 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 22 July 2018 at 08:19:56 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 July 2018 at 09:20:31 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 25 July 2018 at 08:42:22 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 25 July 2018 at 09:06:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, emergency, forestry, disaster, heat wave, climate change, wildfire, bush fire, urban planning, Greece
Fig. 1 - OLCI (25.07.2018) - 21,16,10 colour composite - Athens is caught between wilfires at west & at east.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (23.07.2018) - 12,11,4 colour composite - Kineta, near Sparta, was hit by the largest of these wildfires.
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Fig. 3 - 25.07.2018 - These wildfires caused at least 91 casualties, the heaviest human toll in Greece since 1949.
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Fig. 4 - 25.07.2018 - Mati & Rafina, densely populated touristic locations near Athens airport, bear the worst toll.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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