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Our 250𝘁𝗵 #BCEarthGallery post — still amazed by Earth’s artistry! 🌍 🎉
#Sentinel2 reveals mysterious milky-blue swirls on the Great Bahama Bank — a natural artwork still puzzling scientists. 🌊🌀
Beauty and mystery, seen from space. Read the full article:
👉 bit.ly/3JaL9T8
#EarthObservation #FromSpace
#Sentinel2 reveals mysterious milky-blue swirls on the Great Bahama Bank — a natural artwork still puzzling scientists. 🌊🌀
Beauty and mystery, seen from space. Read the full article:
👉 bit.ly/3JaL9T8
#EarthObservation #FromSpace
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our 250𝘁𝗵 #BCEarthGallery post — still amazed by Earth’s artistry! 🌍 🎉
#Sentinel2 reveals mysterious milky-blue swirls on the Great Bahama Bank — a natural artwork still puzzling scientists. 🌊🌀
Beauty and mystery, seen from space. Read the full article:
👉 bit.ly/3JaL9T8
#EarthObservation #FromSpace
#Sentinel2 reveals mysterious milky-blue swirls on the Great Bahama Bank — a natural artwork still puzzling scientists. 🌊🌀
Beauty and mystery, seen from space. Read the full article:
👉 bit.ly/3JaL9T8
#EarthObservation #FromSpace
New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Exploring Wyoming’s 100-km arc of ancient sand dunes. Sentinel-2 reveals the full dune belt and detailed views of active and dormant formations, striking in imagery.
Read the full post: 👉 bit.ly/3LMOXuE
#Wyoming #SandDunes #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation
Read the full post: 👉 bit.ly/3LMOXuE
#Wyoming #SandDunes #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Exploring Wyoming’s 100-km arc of ancient sand dunes. Sentinel-2 reveals the full dune belt and detailed views of active and dormant formations, striking in imagery.
Read the full post: 👉 bit.ly/3LMOXuE
#Wyoming #SandDunes #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation
Read the full post: 👉 bit.ly/3LMOXuE
#Wyoming #SandDunes #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation
Interested in lake restoration? Let us share with you our nutrient recovery and reuse solutions. Apply until 30 November to become an "accociate region" of the @horizoneu.bsky.social @ferroproject.bsky.social for 2-year funding enabling you to apply FERRO solutions.
💦 ferroproject.eu/open-call
💦 ferroproject.eu/open-call
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Interested in lake restoration? Let us share with you our nutrient recovery and reuse solutions. Apply until 30 November to become an "accociate region" of the @horizoneu.bsky.social @ferroproject.bsky.social for 2-year funding enabling you to apply FERRO solutions.
💦 ferroproject.eu/open-call
💦 ferroproject.eu/open-call
High in the Arctic, the glaciers of 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗭𝗲𝗺𝗹𝘆𝗮 display banded patterns that record centuries of ice formation and atmospheric dust — a frozen chronicle of climate history, seen from space. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/443pcfN
#Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere
👉 bit.ly/443pcfN
#Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
High in the Arctic, the glaciers of 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗭𝗲𝗺𝗹𝘆𝗮 display banded patterns that record centuries of ice formation and atmospheric dust — a frozen chronicle of climate history, seen from space. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/443pcfN
#Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere
👉 bit.ly/443pcfN
#Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere
From space, the lakes near Bluenose Lake in Nunavut gleam in shades of turquoise and deep blue. Remote yet stable, they offer scientists a rare glimpse into pristine Arctic ecosystems.
Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article:
👉 bit.ly/438EEXM
#Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience
Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article:
👉 bit.ly/438EEXM
#Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
From space, the lakes near Bluenose Lake in Nunavut gleam in shades of turquoise and deep blue. Remote yet stable, they offer scientists a rare glimpse into pristine Arctic ecosystems.
Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article:
👉 bit.ly/438EEXM
#Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience
Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article:
👉 bit.ly/438EEXM
#Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience
🚀 SNAP v13 released!
Five months after v12 and SNAP’s 10th anniversary, ESA’s Sentinel Applications Platform gets a new major version.
👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa...
Try also SNAPISTA, the interactive environment for SNAP scripting with Python.
👉 bit.ly/3JDriMx
#SNAP #ESA #EO #Copernicus
Five months after v12 and SNAP’s 10th anniversary, ESA’s Sentinel Applications Platform gets a new major version.
👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa...
Try also SNAPISTA, the interactive environment for SNAP scripting with Python.
👉 bit.ly/3JDriMx
#SNAP #ESA #EO #Copernicus
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🚀 SNAP v13 released!
Five months after v12 and SNAP’s 10th anniversary, ESA’s Sentinel Applications Platform gets a new major version.
👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa...
Try also SNAPISTA, the interactive environment for SNAP scripting with Python.
👉 bit.ly/3JDriMx
#SNAP #ESA #EO #Copernicus
Five months after v12 and SNAP’s 10th anniversary, ESA’s Sentinel Applications Platform gets a new major version.
👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa...
Try also SNAPISTA, the interactive environment for SNAP scripting with Python.
👉 bit.ly/3JDriMx
#SNAP #ESA #EO #Copernicus
As chlorophyll fades, autumn paints the forests in gold, orange, and red — pigments revealed and created by nature’s chemistry. See how Sentinel-2 tracks this change across Alaska’s boreal landscape.
Read more in the full #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/4nWdKuq
#Sentinel2 #AutumnColors #EOData
Read more in the full #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/4nWdKuq
#Sentinel2 #AutumnColors #EOData
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
As chlorophyll fades, autumn paints the forests in gold, orange, and red — pigments revealed and created by nature’s chemistry. See how Sentinel-2 tracks this change across Alaska’s boreal landscape.
Read more in the full #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/4nWdKuq
#Sentinel2 #AutumnColors #EOData
Read more in the full #BCEarthGallery post:
👉 bit.ly/4nWdKuq
#Sentinel2 #AutumnColors #EOData
Iceland’s Ok volcano once carried its own glacier — Okjökull. Today, only snow remains, vanishing each summer. See how Sentinel-2 captures its changing face and the story of a glacier that’s gone. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery:
👉 bit.ly/3JeE3wI
#Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData
👉 bit.ly/3JeE3wI
#Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Iceland’s Ok volcano once carried its own glacier — Okjökull. Today, only snow remains, vanishing each summer. See how Sentinel-2 captures its changing face and the story of a glacier that’s gone. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery:
👉 bit.ly/3JeE3wI
#Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData
👉 bit.ly/3JeE3wI
#Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData
A vast algal bloom has appeared off Vancouver Island and Washington State — stretching over 300 km! Satellite images show stunning turquoise hues and hint at both harmless and toxic species. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/473Zs5b
#Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation
👉 bit.ly/473Zs5b
#Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation
October 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A vast algal bloom has appeared off Vancouver Island and Washington State — stretching over 300 km! Satellite images show stunning turquoise hues and hint at both harmless and toxic species. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/473Zs5b
#Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation
👉 bit.ly/473Zs5b
#Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation
Kerstin Stelzer presents Copernicus Land & Marine Services at the Sentinel-2 Validation Team Meeting at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati 🇮🇹 — sharing success stories of water quality products from Sentinel-2 data.
#Sentinel2 #Copernicus #WaterQuality #EO
#Sentinel2 #Copernicus #WaterQuality #EO
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Kerstin Stelzer presents Copernicus Land & Marine Services at the Sentinel-2 Validation Team Meeting at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati 🇮🇹 — sharing success stories of water quality products from Sentinel-2 data.
#Sentinel2 #Copernicus #WaterQuality #EO
#Sentinel2 #Copernicus #WaterQuality #EO
Tuesday's #BiDS25 tutorial by the ESA EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Service introduced a full room of users to cloud-native EO workflows with STAC, pySTAC-client, xarray, Dask, and Julia. The discussion during and after the event was captivating!
eopf-sample-service.github.io/EOPF-Zarr-BI...
eopf-sample-service.github.io/EOPF-Zarr-BI...
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tuesday's #BiDS25 tutorial by the ESA EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Service introduced a full room of users to cloud-native EO workflows with STAC, pySTAC-client, xarray, Dask, and Julia. The discussion during and after the event was captivating!
eopf-sample-service.github.io/EOPF-Zarr-BI...
eopf-sample-service.github.io/EOPF-Zarr-BI...
A swirl with an eye and a nose? Nope, not weather—just river sediment in Yana Bay, seen by Sentinel-2. Nature sketches its own cartoons in one of the Arctic’s remotest deltas.
Explore the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#Sentinel2 #YanaBay #LaptevSea #Arctic
👉 bit.ly/4n6ne67
Explore the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#Sentinel2 #YanaBay #LaptevSea #Arctic
👉 bit.ly/4n6ne67
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A swirl with an eye and a nose? Nope, not weather—just river sediment in Yana Bay, seen by Sentinel-2. Nature sketches its own cartoons in one of the Arctic’s remotest deltas.
Explore the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#Sentinel2 #YanaBay #LaptevSea #Arctic
👉 bit.ly/4n6ne67
Explore the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#Sentinel2 #YanaBay #LaptevSea #Arctic
👉 bit.ly/4n6ne67
Cloud dynamics over the Sahara: Sentinel-2 captured a vast convective system (≈42,000 km²) with a 380 km outflow boundary. These arcs can even trigger dust storms like haboobs.
#Sentinel2 #Sahara #Clouds #RemoteSensing #Haboob
Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/3JYqcL4
#Sentinel2 #Sahara #Clouds #RemoteSensing #Haboob
Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/3JYqcL4
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Cloud dynamics over the Sahara: Sentinel-2 captured a vast convective system (≈42,000 km²) with a 380 km outflow boundary. These arcs can even trigger dust storms like haboobs.
#Sentinel2 #Sahara #Clouds #RemoteSensing #Haboob
Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/3JYqcL4
#Sentinel2 #Sahara #Clouds #RemoteSensing #Haboob
Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post:
👉 bit.ly/3JYqcL4
Created 55 years ago, Iraq’s Lake Razzaza now tells a vivid story in colour — changing shades, exposed sands, and seasonal extremes. Explore its beauty and see how its colours and shape shift through time in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#EarthObservation #Lakes #WaterColour
👉 bit.ly/4pfyL4c
#EarthObservation #Lakes #WaterColour
👉 bit.ly/4pfyL4c
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Created 55 years ago, Iraq’s Lake Razzaza now tells a vivid story in colour — changing shades, exposed sands, and seasonal extremes. Explore its beauty and see how its colours and shape shift through time in our new #BCEarthGallery article!
#EarthObservation #Lakes #WaterColour
👉 bit.ly/4pfyL4c
#EarthObservation #Lakes #WaterColour
👉 bit.ly/4pfyL4c
Nature’s own beauty generator: tides, winds and coastal shapes combine off Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula, creating breathtaking swirls captured by Sentinel-2. 🌀🌊
#EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #EarthArt #PlanetBeauty
Find out more on our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4mJjVRP
#EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #EarthArt #PlanetBeauty
Find out more on our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4mJjVRP
September 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Nature’s own beauty generator: tides, winds and coastal shapes combine off Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula, creating breathtaking swirls captured by Sentinel-2. 🌀🌊
#EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #EarthArt #PlanetBeauty
Find out more on our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4mJjVRP
#EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #EarthArt #PlanetBeauty
Find out more on our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4mJjVRP
The Barnes Ice Cap, Canada’s last trace of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, is vanishing. Up to 20% of its mass are already lost in just 125 years. Ancient ice covering 6,000 km², 20,000 years old, melting away in real time.
Discover our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/45ZWldM
#ClimateCrisis #Arctic
Discover our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/45ZWldM
#ClimateCrisis #Arctic
August 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Barnes Ice Cap, Canada’s last trace of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, is vanishing. Up to 20% of its mass are already lost in just 125 years. Ancient ice covering 6,000 km², 20,000 years old, melting away in real time.
Discover our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/45ZWldM
#ClimateCrisis #Arctic
Discover our new #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/45ZWldM
#ClimateCrisis #Arctic
Nature reveals its beauty: Sentinel-2 captured lenticular clouds encircling the towering Klyuchevskaya Sopka #Volcano in #Kamchatka. Soon after, Sentinel-3 observed a fresh Strombolian eruption breaking through dense cloud cover. Explore the sequence on our #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4lwINeh
👉 bit.ly/4lwINeh
August 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Nature reveals its beauty: Sentinel-2 captured lenticular clouds encircling the towering Klyuchevskaya Sopka #Volcano in #Kamchatka. Soon after, Sentinel-3 observed a fresh Strombolian eruption breaking through dense cloud cover. Explore the sequence on our #BCEarthGallery blog!
👉 bit.ly/4lwINeh
👉 bit.ly/4lwINeh
🌊 This July, an extensive algal bloom spread across the Baltic Sea, clearly visible from space thanks to fewer clouds than last year. Our #BCEarthGallery blog shows striking satellite images from 18 and 21 July. #BalticSea #AlgalBloom #EarthObservation #OceanColour
👉 bit.ly/4mvzJYE
👉 bit.ly/4mvzJYE
August 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🌊 This July, an extensive algal bloom spread across the Baltic Sea, clearly visible from space thanks to fewer clouds than last year. Our #BCEarthGallery blog shows striking satellite images from 18 and 21 July. #BalticSea #AlgalBloom #EarthObservation #OceanColour
👉 bit.ly/4mvzJYE
👉 bit.ly/4mvzJYE
Save the date! 💦
21 August at 13:00 CEST: the four sister @ec.europa.eu projects FutureLakes, ProCleanLakes, EUROLakes and @ferroproject.bsky.social will host a webinar on "Innovations in #LakeRestoration".
💦 Register here and join us online for a great webinar forms.office.com/e/XrSgXJNrzD
21 August at 13:00 CEST: the four sister @ec.europa.eu projects FutureLakes, ProCleanLakes, EUROLakes and @ferroproject.bsky.social will host a webinar on "Innovations in #LakeRestoration".
💦 Register here and join us online for a great webinar forms.office.com/e/XrSgXJNrzD
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Save the date! 💦
21 August at 13:00 CEST: the four sister @ec.europa.eu projects FutureLakes, ProCleanLakes, EUROLakes and @ferroproject.bsky.social will host a webinar on "Innovations in #LakeRestoration".
💦 Register here and join us online for a great webinar forms.office.com/e/XrSgXJNrzD
21 August at 13:00 CEST: the four sister @ec.europa.eu projects FutureLakes, ProCleanLakes, EUROLakes and @ferroproject.bsky.social will host a webinar on "Innovations in #LakeRestoration".
💦 Register here and join us online for a great webinar forms.office.com/e/XrSgXJNrzD
New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Sediment dynamics in the Thames & Wash estuaries seen from space—how tides, rivers, and glacial history shape and what satellites capture as brown plumes, dark mudflats, or milky patches.
Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/3IXJzDn 🌊🛰️ #EarthObservation #Sentinel2
Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/3IXJzDn 🌊🛰️ #EarthObservation #Sentinel2
July 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Sediment dynamics in the Thames & Wash estuaries seen from space—how tides, rivers, and glacial history shape and what satellites capture as brown plumes, dark mudflats, or milky patches.
Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/3IXJzDn 🌊🛰️ #EarthObservation #Sentinel2
Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/3IXJzDn 🌊🛰️ #EarthObservation #Sentinel2
A nearly perfect 8 km ring of rock in Russia’s Far East – Kondyor Massif is no crater or volcano, but the frozen top of an ancient magma plume. See how Sentinel-2 captures its snow-covered peaks. Read about its mineral-rich core in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post!
👉 bit.ly/44woGaY
👉 bit.ly/44woGaY
July 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A nearly perfect 8 km ring of rock in Russia’s Far East – Kondyor Massif is no crater or volcano, but the frozen top of an ancient magma plume. See how Sentinel-2 captures its snow-covered peaks. Read about its mineral-rich core in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post!
👉 bit.ly/44woGaY
👉 bit.ly/44woGaY
🌊🌍 Our colleague Jorge García is in Venice 🇮🇹 for the #FRM4SOC training on Ocean Colour Radiometry — 2 weeks of hands-on science at San Servolo Island + the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower 🌅
This training brings together experts from all over the 🌐
#OceanColour #RemoteSensing #Copernicus #Radiometry
This training brings together experts from all over the 🌐
#OceanColour #RemoteSensing #Copernicus #Radiometry
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🌊🌍 Our colleague Jorge García is in Venice 🇮🇹 for the #FRM4SOC training on Ocean Colour Radiometry — 2 weeks of hands-on science at San Servolo Island + the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower 🌅
This training brings together experts from all over the 🌐
#OceanColour #RemoteSensing #Copernicus #Radiometry
This training brings together experts from all over the 🌐
#OceanColour #RemoteSensing #Copernicus #Radiometry
Sentinel-2 shows the Tłı̨chǫ Winter Road winding across frozen lakes to Gamèti — 80 km of ice through the boreal north. Near-infrared reveals what the eye can’t see: a seasonal highway linking remote lives in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Image & story in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3GIi7ZF
Image & story in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3GIi7ZF
July 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Sentinel-2 shows the Tłı̨chǫ Winter Road winding across frozen lakes to Gamèti — 80 km of ice through the boreal north. Near-infrared reveals what the eye can’t see: a seasonal highway linking remote lives in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Image & story in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3GIi7ZF
Image & story in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3GIi7ZF
Bright red structures were spotted in Dongsha Atoll’s lagoon on 19 May, captured by #Sentinel-2. Likely an intense algal bloom—more vivid than any seen before. Similar features appeared faintly only three times since 2020. This year: four clear sightings. Visit our #BCEarthGallery:
👉 bit.ly/4nAOn1m
👉 bit.ly/4nAOn1m
July 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Bright red structures were spotted in Dongsha Atoll’s lagoon on 19 May, captured by #Sentinel-2. Likely an intense algal bloom—more vivid than any seen before. Similar features appeared faintly only three times since 2020. This year: four clear sightings. Visit our #BCEarthGallery:
👉 bit.ly/4nAOn1m
👉 bit.ly/4nAOn1m
Carolien Toté (VITO Remote Sensing, Belgium) showed at #LPS25 how the #Sentinel3 Synergy product supports the ESA #ClimateChangeInitiative.
It improves key Essential Climate Variables like Land Cover and Burnt Area — boosting long-term climate monitoring.
#EO #RemoteSensing #ECV #LPS25
It improves key Essential Climate Variables like Land Cover and Burnt Area — boosting long-term climate monitoring.
#EO #RemoteSensing #ECV #LPS25
June 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Carolien Toté (VITO Remote Sensing, Belgium) showed at #LPS25 how the #Sentinel3 Synergy product supports the ESA #ClimateChangeInitiative.
It improves key Essential Climate Variables like Land Cover and Burnt Area — boosting long-term climate monitoring.
#EO #RemoteSensing #ECV #LPS25
It improves key Essential Climate Variables like Land Cover and Burnt Area — boosting long-term climate monitoring.
#EO #RemoteSensing #ECV #LPS25