Spotlight on Hong-Kong

Sentinel-2 MSI L2A acquired on 25 January 2019 at 03:00:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 March 2019 at 10:33:16 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 07 April 2019 at 10:33:16 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 April 2019 at 10:33:16 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, urban, ship security, marine traffic, China
Fig. 1 - S1 (26.03.2019; 07 & 19.04.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Hong-Kong & its small neighbor Macao both lie south of China
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (25.01.2019) - 12,11,8 colour composite - Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire in 1842, until its lease ended in 1997.
2D view
Fig. 3 - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Hong Kong has become one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports.
2D view
Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 natural colour - After the transfer, China assured it would guarantee Hong Kong's economic and political systems for 50 years.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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