S-shaped mountains in South-East Europe

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 22 November 2016 at 08:54:18 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 04 December 2016 at 08:43:04 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 02 April 2017 at 08:58:04 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 27 August 2017 at 08:46:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, mountains, snow, clouds, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldavia, Ukraine, Carpathians, Balkans, Danube, Black Sea
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (22.11.2016) - 10,6,3 natural colour - Clouds trapped east of the Carpathians over Wallachia & north Bulgaria.
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Fig. 2 - 04.12.2016 - Cloud trapped west of the Carpathians over Transylvania while the sun shines over the Danube plain..
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Fig. 3 - SLSTR (02.04.2017) - 5,3,2 composite - Romania is showcased to mark its union with Transylvania the 01.12.1918
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Fig. 4 - 27.08.2017 - The Carpathians cross Romania, drawing an inverted S extended in Bulgaria by the Balkans.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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