Large mine landslide harms none in Spain

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 January 2019 at 11:14:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 16 January 2019 at 18:26:06 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 27 January 2019 at 11:13:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 28 January 2019 at 18:26:05 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geohazard, landslide, natural resources, geology, Spain
Fig. 1 - S2 (07.01.2019) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Cobre Las Cruces is a large copper mine in Andalucia, Spain.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (27.01.2019) - Various colours and layers show as a 1.3 km front in the north-west slope collapsed 300 m lower.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (16.01.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - 15 millions cubic meters material spread inside the open pit, more than in Brumadinho.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (28.01.2019) - Production is expected to be halted for 6 months, but luckily no one was injured.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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