Grande America sinks off the Atlantic coast of France

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 March 2019 from 06:31:30 to 06:32:20 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 March 2019 at 11:21:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 13 March 2019 at 18:12:47 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Water monitoring, security, coastal, marine traffic, oil spill, pollution, Atlantic Ocean, France, Spain
Fig. 1 - S1 (11.03.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Container ship Grande America sank on its way from Hamburg to Casablanca.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (11.03.2019) - 12,11,3 colour composite - Fire and smoke coming from Grande America, then burning for 16 hours..
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Fig. 3 - S2 (11.03.2019) - 4,3,2 colour composite - Green-coloured leakage from the burning Grande America, here assisted by a tugboat.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (13.03.2019) - vv polarisation - Possible early views of the oils slicks consequent of the Grande America sinking
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