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Caracas, Venezuela
SAR Orbit number: 35421
28 January 2002

This Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) multitemporal color composite image was generated with three different acquisition dates.

The image is centered along the Cordillera de la Costa, where is visible as large bright area, Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.

Built in the fertile valley, located in the north of the country, near the Caribbean port of La Guaira, it is the major commercial and industrial center of Venezuela. The International Simon Bolivar Airport (top right border), can be seen.

Technical Information:

• Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Dates of Acquisition: Red: 28 January 2002, Green: 03 April 2000, Blue: 06 October 1997
• Orbit number: 35421, 25902, 12876
• Frame: 3393
• Instrument features: 25 meter resolution

Coordinates:

NW Lat/Long: N 10.38 / W 67.03
NE Lat/Long: N 10.38 / W 66.41
SE Lat/Long: N 10.19 / W 66.41
SW Lat/Long: N 10.19 / W 67.03