International Day of Forests - Autumn colours adorn Thrace & Asia Minor

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 14 November 2017 at 09:02:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, forestry, vegetation, seasons, autumn, urban, Turkey, Bulgaria
Fig. 1 - Sentinel-2 (14.11.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Mid-November in Bulgaria, different species of tree adorn different autumn colours.
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Fig. 2 - Progressive variations in hue from green to dark red in a Bulgarian forest.
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Fig. 3 - At the Turkish border, green fields amidst advanced senescent forest, with few local transitions to green tree cover.
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Fig. 4 - While Istanbul is the bridge between Thrace and Asia Minor, forests on both continents mix dark green and brown colours.
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Fig. 5 - South of Marmara Sea, leaves of these relief-lying trees go from dark green to dark red depending on height and hillside.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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