Wildfire approaches Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 April 2020 at 09:05:49 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 April 2020 at 08:55:51 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 April 2020 at 08:55:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, wildfire, anthropic disaster, nuclear, pollution, Ukraine, Belarus
Fig. 1 - S2 (05.04.2020) - 12,11,2 colour composite - The region close to the Ukraine and Belarus border curently faces numerous wildfires.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (12.04.2020) - 12,11,2 colour composite - While not the largest, one of these is approaching Chernobyl power plant.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (07.04.2020) - 8,4,3 colour composite - View before this wildfire started.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (12.04.2020) - 12,8,2 colour composite - View a few days after.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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