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New Caledonia

These two images acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2 highlight how the mission can help distinguish between clouds and snow.

Montreal, Canada

Surface area changes of Lake Powell

Jakobshavn Glacier

Lake Bracciano recedes

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth’s biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025.

Cape fires

A touch of sun

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the algal blooms swirling around the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Japan.

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US.

Cloud cover

Favignana, Levanzo and western Sicily

Baltic Sea

Earth’s stormy heart

Northern China

From Sri Lanka to the Himalayas

Magnetic north on the move

Algal bloom off Belgian coast

Saudi Arabia

Hereford, Texas

Lake Sulunga, Tanzania

Chile's Atacama Desert

Etosha National Park, Namibia

Baltic swirls

Lofoten, Norway

Part of the Italian island of Sardinia is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

MetOp-C lowered into LSS

Austria land cover

Proba-V image of western Brazil

Earth Explorers: new views of dynamic Earth

Patagonia

This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image features part of the Badain Jaran Desert in northwestern China.

Strength of the magnetic field at Earth’s surface

Six key facts about Copernicus Sentinel-6

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

CryoSat reveals iceberg

Penguin colony near Ninnis Bank in Antarctica

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.

Agricultural structure in Kansas

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures a cloud-free view over the island of Komodo in southeastern Indonesia.

Europe seen by ERS-2 satellite

Swirling cloud art in the Atlantic Ocean

ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures the borders between North and South Dakota and Minnesota blanketed with snow and ice.

The Horn of Africa

Antarctica detailed in 3D

Kimberley region, Australia

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