Focus on Pointe des Almadies, Dakar region, Senegal

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 31 January 2017 at 19:17:48 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 October 2017 at 11:33:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 January 2018 at 11:34:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, coastal, urban growth, lake, water colour, currents, Senegal
Fig. 1 - S2 (10.10.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Founded in 1850s, Dakar now hosts 25% of Senegal population, 50% including its suburb.
Dakar hosts 80% of Senegal economic activity. Its popn is crammed on a tiny portion of the country since Dakar shape makes it hardly extensible.
Fig. 2 - S2 (18.01.2018 & 10.10.2017) - Lac Rose or Lake Retba is a saline lake known for its pink colour on clear windy days.
Fig. 3 - S2 (10.10.2017) - Landscape of ochre ground, dark green forests, blue sea & white mines between Dakar & Thies.
Fig. 4 - S1 (31.01.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - Pointe des Almadies, westernmost land of mainland Africa, is home to an important oceanic front.