Blackhawk landslide, San Bernardino Mountains, USA

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 November 2019 at 13:43:39 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 November 2019 at 18:35:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geohazard, geology, mountains, landslide, United States, USA
Fig. 1 - S2 (05.11.2019) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Blackhawk landslide is located in the Lucerne Valley in California.
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It lies on the escarpment that divides the San Bernardino Mountains to the south from the Mojave Desert to the north.
Fig. 2 - 12,11,2 colour composite - According to Pr Dave Petley of the University of Sheffield it is about 18 000 years old.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (02.11.2019) - neg(vh,vv,vh) colour composite - He estimates its size at 300 million m3, 9 km long, up to 2 km wide & 30 m thick.
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Fig. 4 - 8,4,3 colour composite - "The fall height is estimated to be about 1200 m in total, making this a highly mobile landslide", he wrote.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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