Norway spotlighted for Constitution Day

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 February 2017 at 04:46:24 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 07 February 2017 at 05:39:02 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): coastal, hydrology, marine security, polar, fjord, glacier, lake, skerries, Bergen, Norway
Fig. 1 - The jagged relief and fjords of Norway are grought to light by S1 - VV/VH/NDI(VH,VV) colour composite.
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Fig. 2 - Left to right: Nordfjord, Jostedal (purple, mainland Europe's largest glacier with 487km²), Sognefjord and Bergen (red).
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Ice carved Hornindalsvatnet (white), Europe deepest lake (514m), and Sognefjorden, world 2nd deepest (1308m deep & 1500m high, 204km) fjord.
Fig. 3 - Thousands of rocky reefs (called Skerriy or Skjærgård) greatly contribute to the coastline estimated to exceed 80 000 km.
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Fig. 4 - West (yellow) and East (green) glacier of Svartisen reach a total 369 km².
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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