Mesabi Iron Range in Minnesota, USA

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 14 July 2017 at 17:08:49 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 September 2017 at 17:09:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 24 March 2018 at 00:05:50 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 March 2018 at 23:57:47 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, open pit mine, pollution, United States of America.
Fig. 1 - S2 (12.09.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Active & closed mines and their tailing ponds surround Virginia, NE Minnesota.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (30.03.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - SW is Hibbing mine, World's biggest open pit iron mine.
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Hull Rust open pit mine is 8km long, 3.2km wide & 180m deep. Around 1.2 billion tons of material have been removed since 1895, mostly iron ore.
Fig. 3 - S2 (14.07.2017 & 12.09.2017) - 11,8,2 composite - Grand Rapids & Babbitt also lie in the bolt-shaped Mesabi Iron Range.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (24 & 30.03.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - 7 iron ore mines are still active in Mesabi Range.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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