Along the Bangladeshi coast north of Chittagong, ships from around the world are beached and dismantled. Many kilometers of mangrove have been cleared for the more than 80 shipbreaking yards. The image was acquired March 12, 2013, covers an area of 10.5 by 12 km, and is located at 22.4 degrees north, 91.7 degrees east.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
From Sri Lanka to the Himalayas. Image acquired by Proba-V on 14 March 2014.
Image credit: ESA/VITO
Proba-V images the Ganges Delta, the world’s largest delta, in the area of Bangladesh and India. The delta plain, about 350 km wide along the Bay of
Bengal, is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ganges, the Brahmaputra and Meghna. This Proba-V Vegetation image was acquired on 2 February 2014 at 100 m spatial resolution.
Image credit: ESA/VITO
