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    Envisat MERIS first check-up of the Earth - The story in pictures

    West Coast of Africa - First MERIS image
    28 March 2002
    Mauritanian Upwelling - MERIS - 22 March 2002
    Upwelling near the coast of Mauritania taken with the MERIS instrument on board Envisat

    The Casamance region of Senegal
    Casamance region of Senegal - MERIS - 22 March 2002
    MERIS scene viewed in perspective
    MERIS scene viewed in perspective
    Upwelling area off the coast of Mauritania
    Upwelling off the coast of Mauritania
    Antarctic Peninsula - MERIS, 24 March 2002
    Antarctic Peninsula - MERIS - 24 March 2002
    Fluorescence of phytoplankton
    Fluorescence of phytoplankton
    Mouth of the Amazon – MERIS –  25 March 2002
    Meris image of the mouth of the Amazon, 25 March 2002
    Sicily, Italy - MERIS - 21 March 2002
    Sicily, Italy - MERIS - 21 March 2002

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