Zambezi highlighted for Zimbabwe Independence day

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 08 January 2018 at 08:13:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 March 2018 at 16:40:16 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 April 2018 at 16:48:14 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): River, hydrology, lake, dam, cataract, torrent, border, frontier, Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Fig. 1 - S1 (01.04.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - On this quadpoint, 150m separate Zambia, Namibia, Botswana & Zimbabwe.
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As Zimbabwe will celebrate its Independence day, this story focuses on its iconic northern border, Zambezi river.
Fig. 2 - S2 (08.01.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Famed Victoria Falls separate a long calm segment of Zambezi from its most turbulent.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (27.03.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite, gamma correction - A long white water section follows Victoria Falls.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (08.01.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Lake Kariba, here sunglinted, is a large reservoir between Zambia & Zimbabwe.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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