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    Our week through the lens:
    15-19 February 2016
    Dancing with Aurora

    Dancing with Aurora

    A surprising view of Sentinel-3A darting through the aurora borealis on its way into orbit, captured from a hilltop in northern Finland
    Revisit the launch

    Revisit the launch

    From ESA’s control centre, watch the replay of the 16 February event to celebrate the launch of the first satellite for the Sentinel-3
    On the hunt for bed bugs

    On the hunt for bed bugs

    Learn how Rosetta-inspired technology was deployed to detect bed bugs inside hotel rooms in this TEDxESA talk by researcher and entrepreneur Geraint 'Taff' Morgan
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    Living Planet doors open

    What promises to be one of the biggest Earth observation conferences in the world has opened its doors to registration
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