Los Cabos seasonal comparison

These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show a seasonal comparison over Los Cabos – a municipality on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.

The images have been processed in a way that included the mission’s near-infrared channel, which makes vegetation appear bright red. Los Cabos is dry and warm most of the year, with a short rainy season in late summer and early autumn. As the image on the left was acquired on 20 June 2020, the region is particularly dry with little vegetation visible. The image on the right was captured on 28 September 2020, during the region’s rainy season, and shows the high-density of vegetation in the area. This type of band combination from Sentinel-2 is most commonly used to assess plant density and health, as plants reflect near-infrared and green light, while absorbing red. Since they reflect more near-infrared than green, dense, plant-covered land appears in bright red in the image.