Philippines - ASAR, 16 November 2002

This radar image shows an area of 70 Km swath width centred over the Philippine islands of Negros (left) and Cebu (right), located in the Pacific Ocean. Features that can be observed on the image are Mount Canlaon on Negros island (upper half) and the mostly mountainous terrain of Cebu. Dividing the islands is the Tanon Strait.

Technical Information:
Instruments: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Date of Acquisition: 16 November 2002
Orbit number: 03739
Orbit direction: Ascending
Instrument features: Image Mode Precision (30 meter resolution)
ASAR Mode: ASAR Mode: Image Swath 6