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Rome Italy
SAR Orbit number: 45796
23 January 2004

This Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) multitemporal colour composite image focuses on Rome, Italy. The Italian capital is visible as the large bright area near the centre of the image. The Campagna di Roma, with its undulating plains and hills, starts along the coast and extends up to the Alban Hills (center right) and the Sabine Range hills (top centre).

There are also visible the Lakes of Bracciano (upper left), Gandolfo and Nemi (centre right) formed within the craters of extinct volcanoes in the volcanic province of Tuscany and Lazio.

The Tiber River, the third longest river in Italy, flows south, meandering through the colourful Tiber valley (upper right). It passes south through the Eternal City and finally flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea. To the north of its delta lies the Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) Airport; the main airport of Rome.

Technical Information:

• Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Dates of Acquisition: Red: 23 January 2004, Green: 27 June 2003, Blue: 3 April 2003
• Orbit number: 45796, 42790, 41788
• Frame: 2763
• Instrument features: 25 metre resolution

Coordinates:

NE Lat/Long: N 42.13 / E 12.88
NW Lat/Long: N 42.32 / E 11.71
SW Lat/Long: N 41.43 / E 11.46
SE Lat/Long: N 41.25 / E 12.88