Mount Etna in 3D – a TanDEM-X radar image
Mount Etna in 3D – a TanDEM-X radar image
IGARSS is focusing on new applications for remote sensing, integrated Earth observation systems, satellite image processing, and current and future satellite missions. This image, the first bistatic radar image acquired by the twin satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, shows the Italian volcano Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily. The city of Catania can be seen as a collection of bright points to the left of the image, below the flank of the volcano. This image, acquired while the satellites were orbiting at a mere 350 metres from one another, is the world’s first obtained using such a close satellite formation.
