Desert colours in the Tibesti - Ennedi - Gilf el-Kebir region

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 23 October 2016 from 08:37:51 to 08:40:51 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 07 March 2017 from 08:37:51 to 08:40:51 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 27 June 2017 from 08:34:08 to 08:37:08 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): land, desert, erg, reg, erosion, mountain, volcanoes, granitic intrusion, Tibesti range, Chad, Lybia, Sudan, Egypt
Fig. 1 - SLSTR (27.06.2017) - 6-3-8 colour composite - Igneous rocks show in blue & black, ergs in yellow, vegetation in green, salars in lime
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Fig. 2 - OLCI - 10-6-3 natural colour - Granitic intrusions surrounded by red sands around Gilf el-Kebir region.
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Fig. 3 - OLCI - 10-6-3 natural colour - The 3415m high Emi Koussi tops nearby volcanoes and all Sahara desert.
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Fig. 4 - SLSTR (07.03.2017) - 6-3-1 colour composite - Wind shaped landscape between Tiberti range and Ennedi plateau.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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