Desert colours and patterns in Libya

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 30 October 2016 at 08:56:33 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 12 August 2017 at 08:41:37 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 19 October 2017 at 09:19:02 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 November 2017 at 09:33:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 30 November 2017 at 09:23:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, desert, sand, volcanoes, caldera, lava field, cones, basalt, erg, reg, wadi, erosion, drainage, Libya, Sahara
Fig. 1 - Sentinel 3A (19.10.2017, 30.10.2016 & 12.08.2017) - 10,6,3 Natural color composite - Varied colours of the Lybian Sahara.
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Fig. 2 - Sentinel 2A (30.11.2017) - 4,3,2 Natural colour composite - Waw an Namus caldera, cone & salt lakes.
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Fig. 3 - (23.11.2017) - 12,8,3 colour composite - Dendritic wadi drainage patterns south-west of Haruj volcanic field.
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Fig. 4 - (30.11.2017) - 12,8,3 colour composite - Baltas depressions, basaltic cones and lava flows in Haruj volcanic field.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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