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Image of the Day features satellite and scientific images that highlight Earth’s changing environments, natural phenomena, and the impact of climate and science on our planet.

Satellite Image: Lake Tisza, Hungary
Image of the day: Seasonal rhythms around Lake Tisza in HungaryNews

Image of the day: Seasonal rhythms around Lake Tisza in Hungary

Lake Tisza in eastern Hungary is the country’s second-largest lake, covering about 127 square kilometres. Formed along the River Tisza, which flows directly through it,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 4, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Étang de Montady, France
Image of the day: Sunburst fields of the Étang de Montady, FranceNews

Image of the day: Sunburst fields of the Étang de Montady, France

The Étang de Montady in southern France, near the town of Montady, offers one of the most striking examples of medieval land engineering still visible…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 3, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Žuvinto, Žaltycio ir Amalvo pelkės, Lithuania
Image of the day: Lithuania’s wetlands protected under Natura 2000News

Image of the day: Lithuania’s wetlands protected under Natura 2000

The Žuvinto, Žaltycio ir Amalvo pelkės wetlands in southern Lithuania form one of the country’s most important Natura 2000 sites, covering more than 18,000 hectares…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 2, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Tunis, Tunisia
Image of the day: Wetland–city harmony in TunisNews

Image of the day: Wetland–city harmony in Tunis

Tunis, the political and cultural heart of Tunisia, stretches across a captivating landscape where the Mediterranean Sea meets a tapestry of coastal lagoons and wetlands.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 1, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Aalborg, Denmark
Image of the day: Aalborg along the LimfjordNews

Image of the day: Aalborg along the Limfjord

Aalborg, in northern Denmark, is a city shaped by its position on the Limfjord. The waterway cuts across Jutland, linking the North Sea on the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Uluru, Australia
Image of the day: Uluru seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: Uluru seen from space

Uluru in Australia’s Northern Territory rises 348 metres above the desert plain and has stood for more than 500 million years. Known to the Anangu…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 28, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Lake Suchitlan, El Salvador
Image of the day: Lake Suchitlan covered by invasive water lettuceNews

Image of the day: Lake Suchitlan covered by invasive water lettuce

World Lake Day was marked on 27 August with a reminder of the challenges facing lakes worldwide, including El Salvador’s Lake Suchitlan. Once known for…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 27, 2025 Full article
Image: Northern Belgium
Image of the day: Mapping Belgium’s populationNews

Image of the day: Mapping Belgium’s population

Population density in northern Belgium is projected to intensify by 2030, according to a new visualisation created with data from the Copernicus Emergency Management Service…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 26, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Amorgos Island, Greece
Image of the day: Calm August seas surrounding AmorgosNews

Image of the day: Calm August seas surrounding Amorgos

In the heart of the Southern Aegean, Amorgos stretches across the water as the easternmost island of the Cyclades, its elongated shape facing the smaller…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 25, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Motagua River, Guatemala
Image of the day: The fertile valley of the Motagua RiverNews

Image of the day: The fertile valley of the Motagua River

Stretching for nearly 486 kilometers (302 mi) across Guatemala, the Motagua River connects the country’s western highlands with the Caribbean Sea. As one of Central…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 24, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Greenland’s south-eastern coast
Image of the day: Tracking sea ice movement in GreenlandNews

Image of the day: Tracking sea ice movement in Greenland

The changing coastline of south-eastern Greenland is shown in this composite created from three radar observations by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, collected on 31 January,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 21, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Spain, Portugal (s. wildfires)
Image of the day: Wildfires in Spain and PortugalNews

Image of the day: Wildfires in Spain and Portugal

Massive wildfires have swept across Spain and Portugal, forcing evacuations and claiming lives as the Iberian Peninsula endures another extreme summer of heat and drought.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 20, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Aude region, France
Image of the day: Scorched landscape left by Aude wildfire in FranceNews

Image of the day: Scorched landscape left by Aude wildfire in France

A wildfire that erupted on 5 August 2025 in the Corbières massif of southern France left a vast burn scar across the Aude region, now…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 19, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Image of the day: Galileo Reference Centre in NoordwijkNews

Image of the day: Galileo Reference Centre in Noordwijk

Noordwijk, on the Dutch North Sea coast, combines natural beauty with a growing role in European space activity. The town is known for its 13…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 18, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Giza Plateau, Egypt
Image of the day: The Giza PlateauNews

Image of the day: The Giza Plateau

Rising from the edge of the Sahara Desert, the Giza Plateau holds some of humanity’s most enduring monuments. Situated on the western fringes of Greater…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 14, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Mayon Volcano, the Philippines
Image of the day: Mayon Volcano’s active landscapeNews

Image of the day: Mayon Volcano’s active landscape

Mayon Volcano, in the Albay province of the Philippines, rises 2,462 metres above sea level and is famed for its near-perfect conical shape. Located on…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 12, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Iona National Park, Angola
Image of the day: Angola’s Iona National ParkNews

Image of the day: Angola’s Iona National Park

Iona National Park in south-west Angola marks the northern reach of the Namib Desert, regarded as the oldest desert on Earth. Covering 15,150 km², the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 10, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Gorgona National Natural Park, Colombia
Image of the day: Colombia’s Gorgona National Natural ParkNews

Image of the day: Colombia’s Gorgona National Natural Park

Gorgona National Natural Park off Colombia’s Pacific coast has been recognised among the world’s top Marine Protected Areas, earning the 2025 Blue Park Award from…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 9, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar
Image of the day: Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika, between two great riversNews

Image of the day: Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika, between two great rivers

Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar shelters one of the island’s last large tracts of dry deciduous forest, a habitat under severe threat across the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Image of the day: The Mekong Delta’s fertile expanse in southern VietnamNews

Image of the day: The Mekong Delta’s fertile expanse in southern Vietnam

Spanning the southern tip of Vietnam, the Mekong Delta is one of Southeast Asia’s most productive agricultural regions. This flat, densely cultivated plain supports rice…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 7, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Canada, US smoke
Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North AmericaNews

Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North America

Vast plumes of wildfire smoke have swept across Canada and into the United States as an intense fire season continues to grip large parts of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 6, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Barents Sea
Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamicsNews

Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamics

A vivid swirl of turquoise and milky blue in the Barents Sea has been captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, revealing the striking presence of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 5, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Río Negro, Argentina
Image of the day: Green lifeline in Argentina’s Patagonian desertNews

Image of the day: Green lifeline in Argentina’s Patagonian desert

A striking contrast unfolds in northern Patagonia, where the arid plains of the Patagonian Desert give way to the vibrant green belt of the Alto…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 4, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Berlin, Germany
Image of the day: Berlin’s layered history seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: Berlin’s layered history seen from space

From the air, Berlin appears as a vast mosaic of stone, water, and green – a landscape shaped by centuries of conflict, division, and reinvention.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 31, 2025 Full article