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Satellite Imagery

Satellite imagery refers to images of Earth captured by satellites orbiting the planet. These images are used for a wide range of purposes, including environmental monitoring, climate research, land-use analysis, and disaster assessment. Satellite imagery provides detailed visual data that help scientists and institutions track changes on the Earth’s surface over time.

Satellite Image: Atacama Desert
Image of the day: Snow blankets the Atacama DesertNews

Image of the day: Snow blankets the Atacama Desert

Snowfall in the Atacama Desert is so uncommon that when it does occur, it transforms one of Earth’s driest landscapes into an unfamiliar scene. On…
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Satellite Image: Fogo, Cape Verde
Image of the day: Fogo’s volcanic heart in Cape VerdeNews

Image of the day: Fogo’s volcanic heart in Cape Verde

In the southern reaches of the Cape Verde archipelago, the island of Fogo rises from the Atlantic with a stark, volcanic presence. At its core…
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Satellite Imagery: Funafuti, Tuvalu
Image of the day: Reinforced coastal defenses on Tuvalu’s main atollNews

Image of the day: Reinforced coastal defenses on Tuvalu’s main atoll

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is taking visible steps to adapt to the worsening threats of coastal erosion and sea-level rise. In this image,…
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Satellite Image: Bangkok, Thailand
Image of the day: Farmland and cityscapes converge around BangkokNews

Image of the day: Farmland and cityscapes converge around Bangkok

The agricultural landscape around Bangkok, Thailand, is clearly visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image, acquired on 9 February 2025. At the center of the…
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Image: Severe flooding in southern Brazil
Image of the day: Floods engulf southern Brazil’s river valleyNews

Image of the day: Floods engulf southern Brazil’s river valley

Severe flooding has once again devastated Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with extensive rainfall since mid-June 2025 pushing rivers far beyond their…
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Satellite Image: Haapsalu, Estonia
Image of the day: Estonia’s coastal spa town HaapsaluNews

Image of the day: Estonia’s coastal spa town Haapsalu

Haapsalu, a picturesque coastal town on Estonia’s western shore, lies just over an hour’s drive from the capital, Tallinn. Nicknamed the Venice of Northern Europe,…
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Image: marine heatwave is ongoing in the Mediterranean Sea
Image of the day: Marine heatwave intensifies in western MediterraneanNews

Image of the day: Marine heatwave intensifies in western Mediterranean

A marine heatwave is underway in the Mediterranean Sea, with parts of the region experiencing sea surface temperatures more than 5°C above the seasonal norm.…
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Satellite Image: Chios, Greece (s. wildfire)
Image of the day: Smoke plume from wildfire emergency on ChiosNews

Image of the day: Smoke plume from wildfire emergency on Chios

A major wildfire on the Greek island of Chios forced evacuations and emergency declarations after flames spread rapidly through forested areas on 22 June 2025.…
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Satellite Image: The Ubinas Volcano. Peru
Image of the day: Crater view of Peru’s active Ubinas VolcanoNews

Image of the day: Crater view of Peru’s active Ubinas Volcano

Ubinas Volcano in southern Peru is the country’s most active, rising to an elevation of around 5,672 metres in the Moquegua Region. Part of the…
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Satellite Image: The Venta River, Ventspils, Latvia
Image of the day: Venta River, LatviaNews

Image of the day: Venta River, Latvia

Seen from space, the Venta River traces a winding path across western Latvia before finally reaching the Baltic Sea at the port city of Ventspils.…
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Satellite Image: Grande Comore, Comoros
Image of the day: Volcanic beauty of Grande ComoreNews

Image of the day: Volcanic beauty of Grande Comore

Grande Comore, also known as Ngazidja, is the largest island in the Comoros archipelago, situated in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique. Seen from…
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Satellite Image: Hurricane Erick, coast of Mexico
Image of the day: Hurricane Erick approaches MexicoNews

Image of the day: Hurricane Erick approaches Mexico

Hurricane Erick formed in the Pacific Ocean on 17 June 2025 and quickly intensified, becoming a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds reaching up to…
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Satellite Image: Georgetown, Guyana
Image of the day: Georgetown on Guyana’s flood-prone Atlantic coastNews

Image of the day: Georgetown on Guyana’s flood-prone Atlantic coast

Georgetown, capital of Guyana, sits on South America’s northern coast, where the Demerara River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Once a Dutch settlement and later the…
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Image: Fieldwork in Svalbard
Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures riseClimate

Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures rise

Warming temperatures and longer growing seasons are driving the outward spread of Arctic peatlands, raising hopes for increased carbon storage, but also concerns about long-term…
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Satellite Image: Island of Guernsey, The English Channel
Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English ChannelNews

Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English Channel

Each spring, the English Channel comes alive with color as phytoplankton blooms flourish across its nutrient-rich waters. This seasonal surge is visible in this image,…
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Image: this data visualisation, produced using C3S data, illustrates the surface air temperature anomalies for May 2025 across part of the Northern Hemisphere
Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025Facts

Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025

May 2025 was the second warmest May ever recorded globally, with an average surface air temperature of 15.79°C – 0.53°C above the 1991–2020 average –…
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Satellite Image: San Marino, Europe
Image of the day: San Marino’s medieval capital seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: San Marino’s medieval capital seen from space

San Marino, one of the world’s oldest and smallest republics, appears in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image acquired on 4 April 2025. The tiny landlocked…
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Satellite Image: Lomé, Togo
Image of the day: Urban growth meets the border in coastal LoméNews

Image of the day: Urban growth meets the border in coastal Lomé

Lomé, the capital of Togo, stretches along the Gulf of Guinea in the country’s far southwest, where West Africa’s Atlantic coastline meets the Ghanaian border.…
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Image: a penguin with chick
Emperor penguin population shrinking faster than expected in AntarcticaScience

Emperor penguin population shrinking faster than expected in Antarctica

Antarctica’s emperor penguin population may be decreasing faster than some of the most pessimistic predictions Summary: Emperor penguins may be vanishing from Antarctica more quickly…
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Satellite Image: Central Bohemian Uplands, Czech Republic
Image of the day: Grassland revival brings rare species back to České StředohoříNews

Image of the day: Grassland revival brings rare species back to České Středohoří

From above, the patchwork of grassland and woodland in the Central Bohemian Uplands of the Czech Republic tells a quiet story of ecological recovery. Captured…
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Satellite Image: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Image of the day: Rising seas threaten the narrow coast of PuntarenasNews

Image of the day: Rising seas threaten the narrow coast of Puntarenas

Puntarenas, Costa Rica stretches along a slim finger of land jutting into the Pacific, clearly visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captured on 20 March…
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Satellite Image: Nunavut and the Hudson Bay regions, Canada
Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires spreads across Hudson BayNews

Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires spreads across Hudson Bay

Wildfires burning across western Canada since May 2025 have forced thousands to evacuate and filled the skies with dense smoke. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have…
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Satellite Image: flooded areas along the Râul Negru tributary of the river Olt in central Romania
Image of the day: Flooding spreads across central RomaniaNews

Image of the day: Flooding spreads across central Romania

Severe flooding inundated parts of central and northern Romania in late May 2025 after days of continuous rainfall overwhelmed rivers and urban drainage systems. Streets,…
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Satellite Image: Mount Etna, Italy (2 June 2025)
Image of the day: Mount Etna’s 2 June eruptionNews

Image of the day: Mount Etna’s 2 June eruption

Mount Etna erupted on 2 June 2025, sending a towering ash column into the sky and generating lava flows and pyroclastic activity from its South…
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