Etosha pan salt desert, Namibia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 April 2017 at 08:50:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 April 2018 at 08:45:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Salt lake, salt flats, land, endorheic basin, water colour, biodiversity, Ramsar site, National Park, Kalahari Desert, Namibia
Fig. 1 - S2 (20.04.2017) - 4,3,2 - Amid grasslands & shrubland, Etosha is a 4800 km² endorheic salt pan within the Kalahari Basin.
The 22 270 km² Etosha National Park supports herds of giraffes, zebras, oryxes, springbok, ostriches, black rhinos & accompanying predators.
Fig. 2 - S2 (20.04.2018) - 8,4,3 colour composite - The pan is most of the time a vast expanse of dry, salt-encrusted and alkaline desert.
Fig. 3 - S2 (20.04.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - During the rain season, the hard, vegetationless pan floor fills with a few cm of water.
Fig. 4 - S2 (20.04.2017) - The surrounding brine pools display an astonishing array of colours within Namibia's 2nd largest wildlife park.