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Earth from Space: Southern Patagonian Ice Field

29/09/2023 1250 views 58 likes
Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with its white glaciers and aquamarine lakes is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 10 January 2023.
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Earth from Space: Scorched Rhodes

22/09/2023 2584 views 98 likes
This summer, Europe experienced a relentless heatwave, fuelling wildfires in several countries. This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows the burn scars left by fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.
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Sentinel-5P detected methane plumes
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Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters

20/09/2023 12779 views 100 likes
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Earth from Space: Blooms in the Gulf of Finland

15/09/2023 2837 views 111 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features swirls of vivid, emerald green algal blooms in the Gulf of Finland.
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Morocco earthquake fringes
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Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake

14/09/2023 8499 views 93 likes
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Showcase your climate data visualisation talent

13/09/2023 3425 views 49 likes
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Meteosat Third Generation: painting the full picture

11/09/2023 2949 views 105 likes
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Final images before Aeolus demise

05/09/2023 15233 views 75 likes
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Land-surface temperature in Rome on 17 July 2023
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Sensing city night heat from space

24/08/2023 4278 views 74 likes
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Wildfires continue to rage in Greece

24/08/2023 3408 views 75 likes
A month after fires ravaged the island of Rhodes in July 2023, more fires have ripped through Greece this week as southern Europe swelters under a late summer heatwave. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the ongoing blaze near Alexandroupoli in the Evros region of northeast Greece – close to the Türkiye border.
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Portugal blaze

08/08/2023 5478 views 124 likes
With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.
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Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view

03/08/2023 5120 views 127 likes
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Elements: FIRE

31/07/2023 3986 views 122 likes
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Historic Aeolus reentry – how it happened

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Aeolus reentry: the breakdown

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