Virunga National Park

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 August 2018 at 03:44:49 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 August 2018 at 08:06:11 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, forestry, National Park, UNESCO World Heritage, Ramsar wetland, biodiversity, Congo, DRC, Uganda, Rwanda
Fig. 1 - S1 (11.07.2018 - vv,vh,vv colour composite) & S2 (11.07.2018 - 8,11,2 colour composite) - Virunga National Park.
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Created in 1926, Virunga is the most ancient national park of DRC. Rich of its fauna & flora, it lies in the Virunga mountains near Rwanda & Uganda.
Fig. 2 - S1 - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Reknown for its primates, okapis can also be found in the park.
2D view
Fig. 3 - S2 - 4,3,2 natural colour, relief x2 - Virunga lies near Lake Edward in one of the most populated areas of Africa.
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Fig. 4 - S2 - 8,11,2 colour composite - Its biodiversity makes it a target of poachers, they ambushed & killed 6 guards in April 2018.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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