Carioca landscapes in Rio de Janeiro

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 September 2018 at 13:02:51 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 March 2019 from 08:21:34 to 08:21:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, urban, forestry, montain range, bay, beach, UNESCO World Heritage, Brazil, Atlantic
Fig. 1 - S1 (30.03.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Greater Rio de Janeiro is located mostly at west of Guanabara Bay.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (01.09.2018) - 12,11,2 colour composite - Around 12 million people live in this agglomeration surrounded by Serra do Mar range.
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This long coastal range once faced the Namib Escarpment between Angola & Namibia. ⅓ of Rio inhabitants live in favelas backed by these slopes.
Fig. 3 - In the mountains amidst Rio de Janeiro is Tijuca National Park, the World's biggest urban forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 natural colour - At right lie Copacabana beach, Sugarloaf mountain & Urca hill before Corcovado mountain & its Christ Redeemer.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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