Gold high in the sky in Grasberg mine, Indonesia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 March 2017 at 09:11:59 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 December 2017 at 01:17:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 August 2018 from 20:29:27 to 20:29:52 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, open pit mine, natural resources, mountain range, island, Papua, Indonesia
Fig. 1 - S1 (09.08.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Grasberg mine lies in Sudirman Range located in Papua, Indonesia.
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The Grasberg mine is the largest gold mine and the second largest copper mine in the world. Muruntau is the largest open pit gold mine though.
Fig. 2 - S2 (05.12.2017) - 11,8,2 colour composite - 8km east of the pit is the 4884m high Puncak Jaya and its glacier (cyan).
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Fig. 3 - S1 (27.03.2017) - Puncak Jaya is the highest mountain in Indonesia & highest island mountain in the World
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Fig. 4 - S2 (05.12.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - The Grasberg Open Pit, originally a 4100m high mountain, has been mine down to 3000m.
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