Karakoram range, home of the K2 summit, Pakistan

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 27 July 2017 at 05:36:39 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 06 August 2018 at 05:36:41 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 24 September 2019 at 00:58:27 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 10 March 2020 at 00:58:24 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Mountain range, glacier, ice, snow, cryosphere, Pakistan, Tibet plateau
Fig. 1 - S1 (10.03.2020) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Located at NE Pakistan, the Karakoram range is 500 km long.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (27.07.2017) - 8,4,3 composite - Covering 28-50% of the range, its 135 major glaciers feed the Indus river & Taklamakan desert.
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Zoom on the Baltoro Muztagh mounts which include the K2 and 3 other Eight-thousander peaks, stretching the the center to the lower-right corner.
Fig. 3 - S1 (24.09.2019) - Lying between Pakistan & Xinjiang province of China, K2 is the 2nd highest summit after the Everest.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (06.08.2018) - At 8611m, K2 is a more dangerous climb, due to its inclement weather & greater height from base to peak.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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