Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Canada

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 September 2023 at 18:41:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 September 2023 at 00:59:54 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 September 2023 at 01:00:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, sand, dunes, park, protected area, biodiversity, Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada
Fig. 1 - S1 (30.09.2023) - The Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park is located in the North of the Saskatchewan province, in Canada.
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Picture by Tim Beckett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fig. 2 - S2 (23.09.2023) - This 1,925 km2 area features sand dunes ranging from 400 to 1500 metres of length, reaching up to 30 metres of height.
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Picture by Tim Beckett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fig. 3 - S2 (23.09.2023) - Zoom on one of the dune areas. The Athabasca Sand Dunes formed from local sandstone near the end of the last glacial period.
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The Athabasca sand dunes are the most northerly active sand dune formations on Earth. This area is home to rare and endemic plant species not found anywhere else.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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