Florida state celebrates its discovery by the Old world

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 22 October 2016 at 15:47:59 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 22 November 2016 at 15:44:14 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 August 2017 from 23:27:24 to 23:28:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 10 September 2017 from 23:27:26 to 23:28:41 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, water colour, lake, marsh, swamp, bay, wetland, UNESCO World Heritage, coral reef, hurricane, USA
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (22.11.2016) - 7,6,4 colour composite - Florida's shallow waters give its coasts & wetlands varied colours.
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Pascua Florida celebrates the day on which the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first spotted Florida, the 2 April 1513.
Fig. 2 - S3 OLCI (22.10.2016) - 17,10,6 colour composite - Side view of southern Florida highlighting its vegetation cover.
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Fig. 3 - S-1 IW (29.08.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Everglades' sawgrass marshes evidenced by a radar image.
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Fig. 4 - S. Florida as it was being swept across by the eye of Hurricane Irma, it shows a lot of differences in water bodies.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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