Ship collision causes an oil spill off Corsica coast

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 October 2018 at 05:27:57 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 October 2018 at 17:21:45 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 09 October 2018 at 10:20:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 October 2018 at 17:14:27 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Water monitoring, security, coastal, marine traffic, oil spill, pollution, Mediterranean Sea, France, Italy
Fig. 1 - S1 (08.10.2018, 05:27) - vv pol, σ0 low gain - A Tunisian ship collided an anchored Cypriot container ship 28km north of Corsica.
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Fig. 2 - vv pol, σ0 high gain - 600 tons of oil spilled and spread North-West toward French Côte d'Azur.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (09.10.2018, 10:20) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Other ships intervened to extricate the Tunisian roll-on/roll-off ferry.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (09.10.2018, 17:14) - vv pol, σ0 high gain - Still 100km away from the coast, the slick then spread NE toward Italy.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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