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¡Hola #Espa ña! 🇪🇸 ¿Todo bien? Olá #Portugal ! 🇵🇹 Tudo bem? ¡Hola #Andorra ! 🇦🇩 ¿Tot bé? ⬇️On 25 September, #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ acquired this stunning image of the Iberian Peninsula from an altitude of 814.5 km
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The changing looks of the rice fields in the #Ebro delta 🇪🇸, as seen by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰
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¡Hola #Espa ña! 🇪🇸 Olá #Portugal ! 🇵🇹 We wish a happy Thursday to all our friends, colleagues and followers in the Iberian Peninsula with this almost cloudless image acquired on 31 July by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️
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#OTD 2 years ago, the #Filomena storm brought large amounts of snow to a large portion of #Spain 🇪🇸 This historic #snowstorm caused major disruptions and will long be remembered by the Spanish #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured this image of the snow cover on 12 January 2021
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#ImageOfTheDay #StormDaniel causes severe floods in #Libya 🇱🇾 ➡️At least 5,200 casualties have been reported and 8,000 people are still missing The flooded areas🟦after Daniel's passage through the Libyan desert are visible when comparing the #Sentinel2 images of↙️2 &↘️12 Sept
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Today our Spanish friends, colleagues and followers celebrate #ReyesMagos (Epiphany) Here is our present to them: the Iberian peninsula as seen yesterday January 5 by the #OLCI instrument of #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 #FelizNocheDeReyes !
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🔴 At 17:08 UTC yesterday, #Copernicus #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️captured the 1⃣st image of #HungaTonga 🌋after the destructive eruption The volcanic island is almost completely wiped out ⬇️ Comparison before (3 Jan.) / after (image of 15 Jan., ~12 hours after the eruption) #Tonga
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🔴🌡️ Last month's temperatures were 0.69°C above average, making #October 2019 the hottest on record. As can be seen in the picture, large parts of the #Arctic , most of #Europe , the eastern #USA and #Canada were most affected. 👉 Read the report here:
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🇪🇺🛰️Happy Portugal Day to our followers and friends in Portugal! Here is a #Sentinel3 image of Portugal to celebrate. 🇵🇹 #DiadePortugal
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#ImageOfTheDay #OlaDeCalor The third severe #heatwave of this #summer is gripping #Spain 🇪🇸 On 10 August, air temperature🌡️in #Valencia rose to record values of 46.8°C♨️, surpassing its previous heat record by +3.4°C🥵 ⬇️ #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️image acquired on the same day
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¡Hola #Espa ña! 🇪🇸 ¿Todo bien? Olá #Portugal ! 🇵🇹 Tudo bem? ¡Hola #Andorra ! 🇦🇩 ¿Tot bé? The Iberian peninsula as seen yesterday 15 April by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰
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Yesterday, 10 August, #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured this nearly 🌞 cloudless image of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 The worrisome dryness of vegetation caused by the ongoing #drought is clearly visible in the eastern part of Great Britain 🥀 #Heatwave2022 #HeatwaveUK
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¡Hola #Espa ña! 🇪🇸 ¿Todo bien? Olá #Portugal ! 🇵🇹 Tudo bem? ¡Hola #Andorra ! 🇦🇩 ¿Tot bé? We wish a happy Tuesday to all our friends, colleagues and followers in the Iberian Peninsula with this cloud-less image acquired yesterday 17 April by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰
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🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 Beautiful spring view of #LaPalma 🇪🇸 captured on 28 April 2022 at 12:03 UTC by our #Copernicus #Sentinel2 -A satellite 🇪🇺🛰️, in which the scars from the #CumbreVieja eruption 🌋 remain very visible 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞
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This morning, at 9:25 UTC, #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 captured this magnificent image of a nearly cloudless #Sicilia , in which you can see the ash plume from the #Etna 🌋 eruption
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Feliz Dia da Liberdade para os nossos seguidores e amigos em #Portugal 🇵🇹 Como celebração, aqui temos uma imagem captada pela missão #Copernicus #Sentinel3 do país em todo o seu esplendor ☀️ Imagem adquirida a 17 de abril 2023⬇️ #25Abril
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Feliz día de los #ReyesMagos a nuestros seguidores canarios 🇮🇨 Nuestro regalo 🎁 para vosotros: una impresionante vista de las #IslasCanarias adquirida por #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ el 24 de Diciembre de 2022
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The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from #Africa On 28 May, #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️captured solitons🌊, or gravity waves, moving in an easterly direction 〰️ in its waters For more information on solitons: 🔗
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This month is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded 📈 ERA5 data from @CopernicusECMWF shows that the first 3 weeks of July shattered temperature records This chart shows the globally averaged surface air temperature for 1 - 23 July for each year from 1940 to 2023
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#Iota is the strongest Atlantic hurricane of the year and only the second November hurricane to reach category five . This stunning #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺 animation by @i_ameztoy , motion was added, shows the eye of the hurricane. Watch the HD version here:
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#NebraskaFloods seen by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰
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According to #Venice 's 🇮🇹 citizens, waters have cleared following the #COVID19 lock-down. But what can we see from #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺? A notable difference in boat traffic between 8 February & 19 March, as well as seemingly less turbid/agitated waters. What do you think? #EUSpace
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Formentera, the smallest of #Spain ’s 🇪🇸 Balearic Islands, is the main feature of this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image from 21 July   The waters around the island are crystal clear thanks to an immense meadow of the Posidonia Oceanica marine plant, which acts as a natural purifier 🌿
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In 2022, #drought has affected the whole of Europe Observe how our continent has changed with this mosaic of images acquired by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ between 1 July and 31 August 🟢2021🌻 🟤2022🥀 #Drought2022
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In addition to the strong winds, heavy snowfall blanketed the United Kingdom following the passage of #EuniceStorm #Scotland covered with snow is visible in the image acquired today 19 February by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ #Eunice
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#ImageOfTheDay #Portugal 🇵🇹 continues to be plagued by the wildfires On 5 August, a fire broke out near Odemira: ➡️+800 🧑‍🚒 are working to extinguish the flames blaze 🔥 ⬇️The hot spots & the smoke cloud generated by #IROdemira is visible in this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image of 7 August
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Happy Independence Day #Greece 🇬🇷 We wish a happy #Independence day to our Greek friends, colleagues and followers! Χρόνια πολλά Ελλάδα! 🇬🇷 #25 ηΜαρτίου ⬇️ #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ image of Greece
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Give a #MachineLearning computer a picture of our #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️ and a painting of #VanGogh and this is what it will produce: a treat for #Sentinerds Great demonstration of the power of #MachineLearning by our @ESA_EO colleagues
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¡Buenos días España🇪🇸! ¿Habéis visto esta imagen de los cultivos de arroz en el Delta del #Ebro capturada por #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ el pasado 14 de Julio? Seguro que pronto llegan las cosechas y disfrutáis de esas #paellas 🥘tan típicas vuestras
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Let's start the weekend with a fascinating image! Von Kármán vortex streets can regularly be observed over the Canary Islands🇪🇸, generating lovely swirls of clouds 🌬️🌀 On 16 June #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured these hypnotic vortices southwest of the archipelago
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El cambio de aspecto 🟡🟤🟢 del delta del #Ebro #Ebre 🇪🇸 entre agosto de 2021 y agosto de 2022, visto desde el #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰 The changing aspect🟡🟤🟢 of the #Ebro delta 🇪🇸 between August 2021 and August 2022, as seen by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰
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Computing the maximum of each pixel across a time series of Sentinel-1 images enables to visualise sea lanes When a ship is illuminated by #Sentinel1 ’s 🇪🇺🛰 radar, it returns a strong signal & a bright spot is captured, while sea surface absorbs most of the signal & looks darker
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The European Union's eyes on Earth #Copernicus #Sentinel 🇪🇺 satellites S-1A 🔝 3 Apr 2014 S-2A 🔝 23 Jun 2015 S-3A 🔝 16 Feb 2016 S-1B 🔝 25 Apr 2016 S-2B 🔝 7 Mar 2017 S-5P 🔝13 Oct 2017 S-3B 🔝 25 Apr 2018 S-6A 🔝 21 Nov 2020 Terabytes of #OpenData 🔗
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¡Caliente! Today’s Land Surface Temperature measurement by #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 over the Iberian Peninsula!
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#Copernicus for #LaPalmaEruption 🌋 In addition to the lava flow, the #volcano is releasing a large amount of SO2 into the atmosphere. ⬇️Sulphur dioxide forecast provided by our Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service #CAMS for 24 Sept at 9:00 UTC (visualisation by @Windycom )
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#ImageOfTheDay 3 weeks after #HurricaneOtis , #Acapulco 🇲🇽 is struggling to get back to normal The devastating 🌀 has not only affected infrastructure, but also vegetation The🌳have been wiped out, as shown in these #Sentinel2 images acquired before & after #Otis
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Feliz #FiestaNacional a nuestros colegas y seguidores de #Espa ña 🇪🇸 con esta foto sin nubes de la península ibérica de #Sentinel3 🛰️🇪🇺 Happy National Day to our Spanish🇪🇸colleagues and followers with this cloudless #Sentinel3 🛰️🇪🇺capture of the Iberian peninsula. #earthpaintings
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On 2 February #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured a nearly cloudless view of Iberia It allows us to see the main snow-capped peaks 🏔️in #Spain 🇪🇸 ▶️Pyrenees ▶️Cantabrian Mountains ▶️Peña Trevinca ▶️Urbion Peaks ▶️Sierra de Gredos & Sierra de Guadarrama ▶️Sierra Nevada
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Today is #StPatricksDay , so here's a recent cloud-free image of #Ireland acquired by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ for our 🇮🇪 Irish friends, colleagues and followers
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Wildfires 🔥 continue to ravage #Chile 🇨🇱 More than 350,000 hectares have been burnt in less than 10 days ⬇️The burn scars are visible in this animation created using #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ imagery acquired between 2 (before the crisis) and 11 February (yesterday)
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On a daily basis, our #Copernicus Sentinel5-P monitors a wide range of atmospheric gases, such as Nitrogen Dioxide #NO2 , Sulphur Dioxide #SO2 or Methane #CH4 More at #Sentinel5P average values for the tropospheric concentration of NO₂ for Aug.-Sept. 2023
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Here's a European postcard, captured by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ to celebrate #EuropeDay We hope our followers, friends, and colleagues have a wonderful day all over the continent 🙌 This mosaic combines cloudless images acquired between January and November 2022
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Western Europe continues to be under the grip of an intense #heatwave ♨️ On 17 June, the Land Surface Temperature 🥵 reached peaks of ▶️46°C 🌡️ in #France 🇫🇷 ▶️50°C 🌡️ in #Spain 🇪🇸 #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️data NB: LST is not air Temperature
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#ImageOfTheDay The Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 has been severely affected by drought in recent years Fortunately, thanks to the recent rainfall, the situation has improved considerably, and the vegetation has started to flourish again #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️images of ↙️🟤2023 & ↘️🟢2024
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Happy Birthday dear #Sentinel -1A🇪🇺🛰️🎂 #Sentinel1 A is the pioneer of our Sentinel fleet, the first one launched on April 3 back in 2014 After 5 years, we have 7 Sentinel in orbit🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️
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We have received a lovely #NewYear2023 present from our friend and colleague @i_ameztoy : A video that shows the #Teide volcano in #Tenerife #Canarias 🇪🇸 before (21 December) and after (31 December) the heavy snowfall that disrupted the access to the National Park on the 26th
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On their Constitution Day, we congratulate our 🇪🇸 Spanish friends, colleagues and followers, with this #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 image ¡Feliz #DiaDeLaConstituci ón a todos nuestros amigos, colegas y seguidores españoles! #6Diciembre
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#ImageOfTheDay On 25 October, #Mexico 🇲🇽 was severely affected by #HurricaneOtis ⬇️ @CopernicusEMS has mapped the damage in #Acapulco ( #EMSR703 ), identifying more than 6,200 hectares of affected built-up🏚️ More at 🔗
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Best wishes to our Italian colleagues, friends, and followers on the occasion of their Liberation Day 🇮🇹 Tanti auguri ai nostri colleghi, amici e followers italiani che celebrano oggi la #FestadellaLiberazione 🇮🇹 ⬇️Lo stivale visto da #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ #25Aprile
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Buenos días España🇪🇸 Bonjour, la France🇫🇷 These days, skies are clear in several European countries We start the week with this spectacular image of the snowy & cloud-free #Pyrenees captured by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ on 4 March We wish a happy week to all our followers
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On their Constitution Day, we join the celebrations of our 🇪🇸 Spanish friends, colleagues and followers, with this #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 mosaic of two images acquired in November 2023 ¡Os deseamos un feliz #DiaDeLaConstituci ón amigos, colegas y seguidores españoles!
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🌞Clear skies are allowing #Copernicus to acquire great postcards from space! 😎 ⬇️The muddy water of river Vantaa mixing with clear Baltic seawater outside the city of #Helsinki , #Finland 🇫🇮 are visible in the image acquired by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️on 22 April
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Ayer el #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️de Copernicus captó esta hermosa vista (parcial) de las Islas Canarias 🇪🇸 ⛱️🌞⛱️🌞⛱️🌞⛱️🌞⛱️🌞⛱️🌞⛱️🌞 Yesterday our #Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this beautiful (partial) view of the Canary Islands
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#ImageOfTheDay A new 🌋 eruptive episode is ongoing northeast of #Grindavik , #Iceland 🇮🇸 ⬇️The impressive lava flow 🔴emitted was captured by our #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️at 13:04 UTC, less than 10 hours after the beginning of the event #EarthArt #IcelandEruption #FireAndIce
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#ImageOfTheDay #Ciar án is one of the strongest storms to hit Europe in recent times It brought hurricane-force winds & heavy rains broke several records & caused at least 7 casualties ⬇️ #Sentinel3 acquired this image yesterday when #StormCiaran covered large part of Europe
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🚀Happy 9th launch anniversary to our #Sentinel -1A 🎂!   The first #Copernicus 🇪🇺🛰️ satellite in orbit, it has truly contributed to revolutionising the understanding of #OurPlanet 🌍   ⬇️🛳️Traffic at the #Panama Canal🇵🇦, as seen by #Sentinel1 between January 2022 and March 2023
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Happy 546th birthday Nicolaus Copernicus! You were a true Renaissance man of many talents: mathematician, astronomer, physician, classics scholar, translator, diplomat & economist Today you embody the #EU 's ambition to monitor the pulse of our planet & protect it and its citizens
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🌋😍🌋 I'm alive 🌋😍🌋! #AnakKrakatau volcano, as seen by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️today, 12 May 2023
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Fly over the glaciers in Southern #Iceland 🇮🇸 with #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺❄️ Processing by @i_ameztoy ! #earthpaintings #earthobservation
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🌍Happy #EarthDay !🥳 The #Copernicus programme🛰️🇪🇺 makes it possible to keep track of our planet's health. Its full, free, and open data is essential to monitor and to mitigate the damaging effects of #ClimateChange . #EUSpace
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In just six days, #wildfires have burned thousands of hectares of vegetation in the northernmost part of #Evia island, #Greece 🇬🇷 📸These two images were acquired by #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺 using the Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) composite measurement on 3 and 8 August.
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#Copernicus for #WorldCancerDay There is strong evidence that #AirPollution increases the risk of mortality linked to #cancer Copernicus #OpenData is used to monitor air #pollutants that can cause cancer and support preventive measures
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¡Feliz Día de la Hispanidad #12Octubre a todos nuestros amigos, colegas y seguidores de #Espa ña 🇪🇸! #DiadelaHispanidad Happy National Day to all our Spanish colleagues, friends and followers! 📷 #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ images acquired on 30 September and 1 October
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¡Bon dia, València🇪🇸! Así de bonita se veía vuestra ciudad el 14 de Junio cuando el satélite #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ capturó esta imagen ¿Sabíais que L'Albufera y los cultivos que generan vuestros típicos arroces son visibles desde el espacio a 786 km de altitud?🌍🔍
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Tanti auguri ai nostri colleghi, amici e followers italiani che celebrano oggi la #FestadellaRepubblica Best wishes to our Italian colleagues, friends and followers on the occasion of their National Day 🇮🇹 #Sentinel3 🇪🇺 🛰 image #Italia #2giugno
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The Yesa reservoir in #Spain is at 11 % of its capacity due to the ongoing #drought 🇪🇸 The low water level has made ancient Roman ruins visible and visitable 🏰 The ruins of the bridge 🌉 connecting Tiermas and Ruesta are visible in the #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image of 15 October
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The 'Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park', located on the 🇪🇸flank of the #Pyrenees , encloses the highest limestone massif in Europe Because of its spectacular geologic landforms is a @UNESCO Biosphere Reserve⛰️ 🙏Thanks to @i_ameztoy for this 📽️ based on #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️imagery
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Yesterday, 11 August, #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured a new nearly cloudless image of the British Isles The comparison of the (still)🟩 green #Ireland with England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and eastern Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 shows the magnitude of the ongoing drought #Heatwave2022 #HeatwaveUK
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#Copernicus for land monitoring Yesterday 21 March was the first day of spring 🌻🌞 On the same day, #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️captured the first flowering 🌷💐 #tulip fields near Den Helder in #Netherlands 🇳🇱
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#ImageOfTheDay The waters of the Albufera Lagoon ( #Spain 🇪🇸) have recently changed colour (from green 🟩 to brown🟫) The causes lie with specific biological and meteorological conditions #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ images from ↙️3 August,⬇️ 12 October and ↘️26 November
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#CopernicusSanta 🇪🇺🛰️ gifts are coming❗️ The Canary Islands🇪🇸 as seen by #Sentinel2 Special #HolidaySeason present 🎁 for @Kitten0409
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Three days after the disastrous eruption of the #HungaTonga #volcano , #Tonga remains isolated ⬇️The impact of the eruption on Kanokupolu, on Tongatapu island, is visible when comparing #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ images of ↙️ 8 Dec. 2021 (before) and ↘️17 Jan. 2022 (after the 🌋)
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#ImageOfTheDay Update Major #wildfires have broken out in #Greece 🇬🇷 over the last few hours ⬇️This morning, at 08:37 UTC, #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured a massive smoke cloud (~700 km long) generated by the ongoing 🔥 in East Macedonia, engulfing the central Mediterranean Basin
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Uno de nuestros satélites #Sentinel3 captó, el pasado 9 de enero, esta imagen en la que podemos contemplar la primera panorámica de los Pirineos🇪🇸🇦🇩🇫🇷 nevados y sin nubes de 2024 Le 9 janvier, l'un de nos satellites #Copernicus Sentinel-3 a capturé cette image des Pyrénées
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#ImageOfTheDay A Saharan dust storm episode (aka known as #Calima in #Canarias ) is sweeping across the Atlantic Ocean, affecting the #AirQuality 😷 in the Canary Islands ⬇️ #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️image acquired on 7 October
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Feliz día de los #ReyesMagos a nuestros amigos, colegas y seguidores españoles 🇪🇸 Nuestro regalo 🎁 para vosotros es esta bonita imagen sin nubes de la Península Ibérica adquirida por #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ el 5 de Noviembre de 2022
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#ImageOfTheDay According to @CopernicusECMWF , July 2023 was the warmest July on record♨️ Tº🌡️ anomalies reached peaks of ➡️ +4ºC in Italy, Greece & Spain ➡️ +7ºC in the Canadian Arctic ⬇️Surface Air Tº Anomaly for July 2023 retrieved from #CopernicusClimate Change Service data
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😍How beautiful were the Pyrenees 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇦🇩 covered with snow 🏔️ yesterday, 16 December Image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2 🇪🇺 🛰️
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What is Copernicus? The #EU 's Earth Observation Programme 🛰️🌍 explained in 6 minutes:
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#ImageOfTheDay The Aral Sea was once a vital source of water #ClimateChange is accelerating its disappearance ⬅️3 March 2016 & ➡️1 March 2024 images by #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺 Source
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Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too.
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Volcanoes are the demonstration that #Earth is a #LivingPlanet #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ captured, between July and October 2022, the formation of a new island in the Pacific Ocean caused by the 🌋eruption of the Home Reef volcano
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This #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ image shows the snowy mountains 🏔️ of a nearly cloudless Iberian Peninsula ▶️ Pyrénées ▶️Cantabrian Mountains ▶️Peña Trevinca ▶️Urbion Peaks ▶️Sierra de Gredos & Sierra de Guadarrama ▶️Sierra Nevada
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#Copernicus allows the monitoring of the effects of the #drought ongoing in Europe The water shortage 🚱of the Rhine river near #Bonn 🇩🇪 is quite visible when comparing #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️images of August 2021 and August 2022
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#ImageOfTheDay #A23a is the largest #iceberg 🧊 in the world After being stuck on the #Antarctic ocean floor for over 30 years, it has started to drift again in recent months #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️ images from ↖️19 and ↗️ 31 October ↙️12 and ↘️24 November
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Following @CopernicusECMWF confirmation that July 2019 has likely become the hottest month ever recorded, these 2 #Sentinel3 captures from mid-May 2019 & end of July 2019 clearly show the impact of high temperatures + lack of rain on France & Spain #activeearth #climatecrisis
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With this 2-day old image of Santiago and the Andes, we want to wish our Chilean followers a happy Independence Day. #Copernicus4LatinAmerica
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#Copernicus for #wildfires monitoring Furious #fires are raging in 🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷 Multiple fires 🔥 are ongoing in almost all regions of #Spain ⬇️The largest is affecting the Natural Park of Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia and is visible in this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image of 15
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#StormDaniel caused devastating flooding across central and eastern #Greece 🇬🇷 Some regions received up to 800mm of rain in recent days - more than normally recorded in a whole year #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️ captured this image showing flooded areas near #Volos ⬇️ #EMSR692
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🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀 On 12 June, northerly winds blew off the Canary Islands 🇪🇸 generating the multiple 'Von Kármán vortices' visible in this #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image acquired on the same day 🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀🌬️🏔️🌀 🌈Look carefully: you will see some "glory"🌈
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#ImageOfTheDay #IFArafoCandelaria continues to affect #Tenerife 🇪🇸 ➡️+3,000 people have been evacuated ➡️370 👨‍🚒 & 17 🛩️ are working tirelessly to control the 🔥 The thermal signature of the #TenerifeFire was visible in this #Sentinel2 image acquired on 18 August at 11:52 UTC
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#ImageOfTheDay The cold temperatures 🥶🌡️ in Scandinavia in recent weeks have favoured the formation of the #SeaIce ▶️The current 🧊 extent in the Baltic Sea is the largest since 2011 ⬇️As visible in the #Sentinel3 image of 4 January, sea #ice covers the entire Bothnian Bay
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#Copernicus for volcano monitoring #Erebus is an active #volcano 🌋 in #Antarctica 🇦🇶 The hotspot 🔴 in the summit area is visible in this image acquired by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ on 9 November
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#ImageOfTheDay An unseasonal heatwave and a #SaharanDust storm are ongoing in Spain ➡️ Málaga reached a record temperature of +29.9°C ⬇️ The Canary Islands have been affected by a #Calima episode, as visible in the #Sentinel3 🛰️🇪🇺 image of 12 December
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High pressure did it again! 🌞 For the second time in a few days, yesterday (4 March) #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured a new cloud-free image of #Ireland 🇮🇪🇬🇧 thanks to a brief episode of sunny weather ☀️
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#OTD Today marks the 2⃣0⃣1⃣th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, so here is an image of #Greece acquired yesterday by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ for our Greek 🇬🇷 friends, colleagues and followers
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Our thoughts are with our British friends. #RIP in Peace #QueenElizabeth
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Today is the #Netherlands 🇳🇱 National Day On this occasion #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ waves at our Dutch friends, colleagues and followers from 786 km above, with this #Orange mosaic of their country (and its vicinity) Fijne #Koningsdag , Nederland!🌷 🚲
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Dopo la sabbia e le piogge, torna a splendere di nuovo il sole🌞 Ecco una vista dell' #Italia 🇮🇹 senza nuvole ripresa ieri, 11 Aprile, da #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ After the storms, the sun🌞 comes back Cloud-free image of #Italy as seen yesterday by #Sentinel -3
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