Bow-shaped Sable Island in North-West Atlantic

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 August 2017 at 14:57:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 August 2017 at 21:53:56 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Island, coastal, sand, beach, natural reserve, North Atlantic Ocean, Canada
Fig. 1 - S2 (01.08.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Sable Island is a 34km² sandbar 175 km south east of Nova Scotia province, Canada
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Once inhabited by wreckers, whalers & walrus hunters this natural reserve is now home to large colonies of birds, seals & feral horses.
Fig. 2 - S1 IW (05.08.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Sable Island is notable for having caused numerous shipwrecks.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (01.08.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Sable Island is 42 km long but no wider than 1.5 km, this view shows its NW tip.
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Fig. 4 - S1 IW (05.08.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - NE tip: vegetation shows in green, bare sand in dark blue.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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