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Sentinel Vision SED-682 Oresund, a bridge between Denmark and Sweden 24 June 2020 Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 March 2018 at 05:24:27 UTC Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 March 2018 at 10:20:19 UTC Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 May 2018 at 05:24:30 UTC Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 02 January 2019 at 10:24:29 UTC Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - [email protected] 2D Layerstack Keyword(s): Urban planning, infrastructure, railway, road network, marine traffic, Denmark, Sweden, Baltic Sea, North Sea Fig. 1 - S2 (02.01.2019) - The Sound bridge-tunnel connects the road & rail networks of Sweden & Denmark across the 15km wide strait. 2D view Oresund Strait formed only ~8000 years ago as a result of rising sea levels after the ice age, it connected the North Sea to a large fresh water lake. Fig. 2 - Centre of Copenhagen. At west, the 4km Drogden tunnel reaches Amager island on which lies a part of the Danish capital. 2D view / Fig. 3 - S1 (29.05.2018) - At east, Malmo and its surburb. It is linked to Peberholm island by the 8km bridge. 3D view Fig. 4 - S2 (18.03.2018) - Beginning of freezing east of Saltholm island during a cold spell. 3D view Construction began in 1995, with the bridge opening to traffic on 1 July 2000. The tunnel was built to avoid interfering with air traffic from Copenhagen Kastrup Airport, to provide a clear channel for tall ships no matter the weather, and to prevent ice floes from blocking the strait by aggregating along the bridge piers / Fig. 5 - S1 (18.03.2018) - It now allows around 19 millions passager crossings yearly, of which two-thirds by train. 3D view The 4km long artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait connects the brige to the tunnel. It was built to protect the biodiversity of Saltholm island located just north from the nuisance caused by the traffic. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency or the European Union. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020, processed by VisioTerra. More on European Commission space: More on ESA: S-1 website S-2 website S-3 website More on Copernicus program: Scihub portal Cophub portal Inthub portal Colhub portal More on VisioTerra: Sentinel Vision Portal Envisat+ERS portal Swarm+GOCE portal CryoSat portal Funded by the EU and ESA SED-682-SentinelVision powered by /.

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