Pitch asphalt lake, La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 February 2022 at 14:37:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Natural resources, oil and gas, tourism, Caribbeans, Trinidad and Tobago
Fig. 1 - S2 (12.02.2022) - Pitch Lake lies in La Brea in S-W Trinidad. It's the World's largest natural deposit of asphalt with ~10 million tons.
2D view
The oil lighter elements evaporate under the hot tropical sun, leaving the heavier asphalt. In the 1840s, kerosene was first obtained from a sample of Pitch Lake bitumen.
Fig. 2 - S2 (12.02.2022) - The lake covers ~40 ha and it is 75 m deep. Pitch Lake is a popular tourist attraction and is mined for asphalt.
2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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