Cartagena (Colombia) , July 2002

Map of Area

Cartagena (Colombia), - Cartagena , the capital of  Bolívar , is on an island formed by a shallow extension of  the harbour (protected area of a sea), one of the best in northern South America.
This SAR multitemporal image is generated from three separate acquisitions using the European Space Agency's environmental radar satellite ERS-2.
This image was generated in occasion of the ESA exhibition in Cartagena: the city  is shown as a cluster of bright points in the northern of the image along the coast.
In the south of Cartagena  the island Playa de Punta Arena is visible in grey.
The different colours of the sea can be explained by different wind conditions during the acquisitions.


In Red ERS-2 acquired on 08 Sep 2000 - Orbit28164/Frame3393
In Green ERS-2 acquired on 26 May 2000 - Orbit26661/Frame3393
In Blue ERS-2 acquired on 28 Sep 2001 - Orbit33675/Frame3393

These images were acquired at Cotopaxi station (Ecuador)

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Multitemporal SAR image.