Kata Tjuta / Olgas, Australia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 June 2019 at 01:27:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 December 2019 at 01:27:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 December 2019 at 20:43:14 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, mountain, geology, desert, UNESCO World Heritage site, National Park, Australia
Fig. 1 - S1 (25.12.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - Kata Tjuṯa or the Olgas, is a group of large of domed rock formations in Australia.
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These bornhardts are made of cobbles & boulders of varying rock types including granite & basalt, cemented by a matrix of sandstone.
Fig. 2 - S1 (25.12.2019) - neg(vh,vv,vh) composite - The highest inselberg, Mount Olga, is 1066m high, ~546m above the plain.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (23.12.2019) - 8,4,3 colour composite - Lying in the middle of the Australian desert, these 36 domes formed ~600 myears ago.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (11.06.2019) - 4,3,2 natural colour - They are part of a National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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