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Watch live: ESA’s Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum

26/11/2024 182 views 5 likes
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Artist impression of Sentinel-1C in the Vega-C launcher
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Media invitation: Sentinel-1C pre-launch media briefings 

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Earth from Space: ‘Angry husband’ eruption

22/11/2024 1506 views 55 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 13 November 2024 shows the Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano eruption on the island of Flores in southern Indonesia.
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Copernicus Sentinel-1: radar vision for Copernicus

21/11/2024 1109 views 37 likes
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Destination Earth awarded

DestinE receives honours in HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

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Kronebreen glacier seen from above
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Space for Shore: Sentinel-1 reveals Arctic glacier retreat

19/11/2024 1919 views 52 likes
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Fuelling Sentinel-1C
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Sentinel-1C fuelled ahead of liftoff

18/11/2024 1496 views 32 likes
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Earth from Space: Clouds or snow?

15/11/2024 3896 views 125 likes
These two images acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2 highlight how the mission can help distinguish between clouds and snow.
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Greece from Sentinel-2
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ESA signs contracts advancing Greece’s Earth observation ca…

14/11/2024 3376 views 51 likes
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Drought weakens land carbon sink
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Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon

13/11/2024 1397 views 33 likes
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Snow returns to Mount Fuji

07/11/2024 3153 views 79 likes
Snow returns to Mount Fuji
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Earth from Space: Ross Island, Antarctica

01/11/2024 6453 views 80 likes
The icy landscape of Ross Island in Antarctica is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 3 February 2024, during the austral summer.
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Valencia flood disaster

31/10/2024 227582 views 966 likes
Spain is suffering its worst flood in decades after torrential rains struck the eastern province of Valencia. These satellite images vividly illustrate the dramatic transformation of the landscape.
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Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago

10/10/2024 22075 views 149 likes
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