Tin Bider impact crater, Algeria

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 15 December 2019 at 10:13:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 January 2020 at 05:39:37 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, impact crater, erosion, Algeria, Sahara
Fig. 1 - S1 (30.01.2020) - Tin Bider is an impact crater estimated to be 70 million years old.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (15.12.2019) - It is located 2000 km south of Algiers in deep southern region of Algeria, within Tamanrasset Province.
3D view
Fig. 3 - S1 (30.01.2020) - It is 6 kilometers wide and sits at the southern end of a range of Tinrhert plateau.
3D view
Fig. 4 - S2 (15.12.2019) - It is marked by characteristic concentric rings, partly eroded by dry rivers.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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