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Summer brown

With much of Europe recently subjected to a prolonged heatwave, brown was certainly the trending colour this summer – and in World Water Week, a reminder of the importance of water

Sweden in flames

As Europe succumbs to record temperatures and drought, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 missions image fires that have broken out in Sweden

Valencia

Earth observation image of the week: Sentinel-2 takes us over the city of Valencia and its stunning blue coast

Earth from Space

In this week's edition, Sentinel-2 takes us over Valencia, Spain

Looming iceberg

A huge iceberg drifted perilously close to the west Greenland coast causing fears that if it breaks up, waves could swamp the village of Innaarsuit

Restless Kilauea

New Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show the continuing outpouring of fiery lava from Kilauea in Hawaii

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