Tenoumer crater, Mauritania

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 24 August 2020
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 July 2020
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 August 2020
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 August 2020
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, crater, Sahara desert, Mauritania
Fig. 1 - S2 (24.08.2020) - Tenoumer crater is located in the western Sahara Desert in Mauritania.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (from 30.07.2020 to 23.08.2020) - It is estimated to be ~1.6 million years old.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (from 30.07.2020 to 23.08.2020) - It is 1.9 km in diameter and its edges rise up to 110 m high above the base of the crater.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (24.08.2020) - The bottom of the crater is covered with approximately 200 to 300 m thick layer of sediments.
2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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