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Copernicus Sentinel-1 maps Bangladesh flood

Typhoon Hagibis

The North Channel, between Northern Ireland and Scotland, is featured in this false-colour radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Oslo, Norway’s capital and largest city, and host of the 2023 Global Space Conference on Climate Change, taking place on 23–25 May.

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the busy maritime traffic in the Bay of Naples, in southern Italy.

Sweltering southern Europe

Landslide on the radar

Hundreds of residents and tourists have been evacuated from the Greek island of Lesbos after a wildfire broke out on the morning of 23 July. This image, captured by Sentinel-2, shows the active fire front which stretches for more than four km.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Vatnajökull ice cap, in southeast Iceland.

Sahara snow

Mediterranean Wonders

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows us what is left of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world.

Part of the Frisian Islands, a low-lying archipelago just off the coast of northern Europe, is visible in this image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Bucharest – the capital and largest city of Romania.

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.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.

Korean Peninsula

Po Valley, Italy

Sweden in flames

Egmont National Park, New Zealand

This radar image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows the city of São Paulo and part of the homonymous state in southeast Brazil.

Ouarkziz crater

2011 GOCE geoid

The heart-shaped Miscanti lake in northern Chile

This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Sediment plume at sea

Sicilian snow

As the holiday season swiftly approaches, frosty landscapes tend to be associated with the magical idea of a white Christmas. But this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image over the Antarctic Peninsula sheds light on a different perspective.

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this image of the powerful Cyclone Mocha on 13 May 2023 as it made its way across the Bay of Bengal heading northeast towards Bangladesh and Myanmar.

From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States.

Captured on 19 August 2020, this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows the extent of the smoke from fires currently ablaze in California, US.

South Georgia Island

Sentinel-5P sees sulphur dioxide from the Ambae volcano in the South Pacific Ocean

Great Barrier Reef

Southern Tibetan Plateau

Rub al Khali

Forest fires in Siberia

A touch of sun

Japanese archipelago

Henderson Island

Salar de Atacama, Chile

Springtime in Europe

The changing face of the Chilean glaciers in the Laguna San Rafael National Park is featured in these satellite images from 1987 and 2024.

The Strait of Gibraltar is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Switzerland

Iranian painting

La Palma as captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2

Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.

B47 breaks off Getz Ice Shelf

Sicily hotspot

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