Sentinel-1 & -2 show the weakening of all 3 Nordstream gas leaks near Bornholm island, Baltic Sea

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 September 2022 at 16:36:54 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 30 September 2022 at 10:07:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 October 2022 from 05:08:16 to 05:08:41 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Security, oil and gas, pollution, greenhouse gas, non-renewable energy, climate change, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia
Fig. 1 - S1 (29.09.2022) - Three simultaneous leaks happened on Nordstream 1 & 2 pipelines between Russia and Germany.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (29.09.2022; 01.10.2022); L8 (29.09.2022); S2 (30.09.2022) - The most likely cause seems to be a sabotage.
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As the pipelines were not fed by Russia anymore, little gas remained in Nordstream pipes, reducing the amount of methane gas released and polluting in the atmosphere.
Fig. 3 - S1 (29.09.2022), S1 (01.10.2022), L8 (29.09.2022) - As the remaining gas is exhausting, the leaks become less visible.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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