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Storm Jake: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 11 March 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week

Launched 3 weeks ago (16 February 2016), Sentinel-3A has already delivered impressive first images for Europe’s Copernicus programme. The 3 instruments on the satellite will be used to measure Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere. The image above shows Storm …

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Sudan: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week
The capital of Sudan, as captured by Sentinel-2A. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2015)/ESA

Taken merely 5 days after it arrived in orbit (28 June 2015), Sentinel-2A took this false-colour image of Sudan’s capital and second largest city, Khartoum. Khartoum sits between the Blue Nile River (which can be seen on the upper right …

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The Third Sentinel: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 16 October 2015 - Categories: Image of the week

This image shows the third satellite of the Sentinel fleet before being shipped to Russia before launch. Sentinel-3A is due to be launched in December 2015 from Plesetsk in Russia.

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Watching over us: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 24 August 2015 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week

Last month, (July 2015) Europe’s Copernicus programme released this fascinating image of a glacier in Greenland. Environmental information helps us understand how our planet is changing and the role man-kind has to play in this. The Copernicus programme uses the …

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A year in space for Sentinel-1A: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 29 May 2015 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week
Irkutsk and Lake Baikal

An image over Russia’s Siberia region was released on the anniversary of Sentinel-1A’s orbit.

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