Zion National Park Image

Document Type

Map

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

As a contribution to the Utah as Art collection created by UtahView, a member of the AmericaView consortium (https://americaview.org/), this image of Zion National Park, Utah is intended to act as an educational resource to increase interest in the contributions of remote sensing satellites as an aid to Earth resource management. Zion National Park, located in southwestern Utah, is Utah’s oldest and most visited national park. The area was initially established in 1909 as Mukuntuweap National Monument to protect the towering sandstone cliffs, majestic slot canyons, and archeological sites. Mukuntuweap, a Paiute word meaning straight canyon, refers to the soaring, dramatic, and near vertical canyon walls. The central feature in the park is Zion Canyon, a 15-mile-long canyon defined by the North Fork of the Virgin River, stunning rock monoliths, and high floral diversity. This “false color” image of Zion National Park was captured on June 12, 2018, by the Multispectral Imager onboard the European Space Agency Sentinel-2A satellite. The image has been rendered using near-infrared, shortwave-infrared, and visible red to separate moist, upland vegetation (reddish orange) from more semi-arid, dry vegetation (greens). The image was integrated with terrain data to provide relief.

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