#ImageOfTheDay

#Villarrica is one of the most active volcanoes in #Chile

Yesterday ash emissions have been observed in situ

@CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️acquired this cloud-free view of the crater a few hours (14:53 UTC) before the start of this volcanic activity🌋 FYI @Sernageomin @CultureVolcan @nochedevolcanes @RedGeoChile @EarthQuakesTime @etnaboris

Happy European Day of Languages!

Space has no borders and sound does not propagate in a vacuum, but today to celebrate our 🇪🇺linguistic diversity, we have translated our #EUSpace hashtag 😉

#EDLangs #EuropeanDayofLanguages FYI @BGPermRepEU @EK_Hrvatska @ZEK_Praha @euidanmark @EuroopaKomisjon @EUkomissio
@UEFrance @EUinDE @EEAthina @EC_Budapest @EUinICELAND @eurireland @europainitalia @EiropasKomisija @UE_Luxembourg @ECRepMalta
@EUinNL @EUiNorge @EUinPL @CE_PTrep @RCERomania @ZEKvSR @EKvSloveniji

#𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗢𝗳𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗗𝗮𝘆

A new #heatwave is affecting Central & Western Europe

🌡️ Records have been broken in🇫🇷 where the air temperature anomaly yesterday was ~ +12°C

The 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 (not air) Surface Temperature derived from #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ data was 47°C in some areas! FYI @JY_LeGall
@VigiMeteoFrance
@severeweatherEU
@KeraunosObs
@GaetanHeymes
@EKMeteo
@lachainemeteo
@Meteos_
@craigdonlon

#ImageOfTheDay

#Pantanal is on fire

As shown in this @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image, the Encontro das Aguas Park, the area with the largest population of jaguars 🐆 in🇧🇷, is being reduced to ashes

The #biodiversity loss from the burning in these #wetlands is enormous FYI @rrrocean @raullsantiago @luizacaires3 @claudia_gaigher @sergioajv1 @Diogotapuio @g1 @alice_pataxo

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#HurricaneLaura sowed death & destruction on the Louisiana coast 🇺🇸

It is difficult to quantify damages, but the images of @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️give an idea of the devastation around Cameron Parish

Check the before/after comparison below⬇️ #HurricaneLaura2020 sowed death & destruction on the Louisiana coast 🇺🇸

The images of @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️help to quantify damages around Creole, Cameron Parish

This is a comparison between 16 / 31 August 2020
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#EUSpace for #CulturalHeritage
4 water bombers and two helicopters helped dozens of firefighters contain a huge blaze on Sunday at the edge of one of Greece's most important archaeological sites: Mycenae #Μυκήνες
Here is the burn scar as seen by the @CopernicusEU
#Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ FYI @amna_news
@aboubouka
@PlanetekHellas
@evy_papantoniou
@IoannisM8
@ipapouts
@iphigenia_k
@ekathimerini
@margochrysakis
@NatassaAntoniou
@nefeluke
@RegioGreece
@stellinaenv

#ImageOfTheDay
Floods have caused 90 casualties while 380,000+ have been affected following heavy rains in #Sudan🇸🇩 since the start of the 2020 rainy season🌧️
This image acquired by @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ on 30 August shows the flooded zones near Khartoum
#فيضان_السودان FYI
@BenParker140
@HadiHJaafar
@john_marquee
@Sudan_tweet
@elsadig_atif @bnno

#ImageOfTheDay #EUSpace for Emergency Management (2)

A severe #wildfire broke out Cabezuela Del Valle #Spain🇪🇸, a #Natura2000 site

@CopernicusEMS is activated and estimates the affected area at 2,566.5 ha

#Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ imagery of #IFCabezuelaDelValle acquired yesterday FYI ⬆️ @UMEgob @IdiazAyuso @eforestal @vostSPAIN @VOSTextremadura @IncendiosES @ANEPPCE @J_Ramos_CIEM @El_Batefuegos @WildlandFirefig @Rafacereceda @Isabelbombal1 @rodrigo0silva @_JuanCsanchez_ @meganrowling @tiempobrasero @ricardo_dgb @ESA_EO @esa_es @CarlosNovilloPi

#ImageOfTheDay
#Laura has made landfall in Louisiana as a Cat.4 #Hurricane
@NHC_Atlantic warns of "unsurvivable storm surge with large & destructive waves which will cause catastrophic damage"
Our thoughts are with those affected
#Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰 thermal view of #HurricaneLaura Media report

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A #wildfire has affected the forest of eastern Mani, southern Peloponnese 🇬🇷

175 🧑‍🚒👩‍🚒
47 🚒
2 🛩️
8 🚁
have been mobilised

The @CopernicusEMS Rapid Mapping service has been activated by @GSCP_GR

⬇️ #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image acquired yesterday 23 August at mid-day FYI @evy_papantoniou @OroraTech @beyond_center @Kontoes1 @IoannisM8 @ipapouts @iphigenia_k @aboubouka @protothema @ekathimerini @dgatopoulos @GreekAnalyst @MatinaStevis @NatassaAntoniou @nefeluke @margochrysakis

#ImageOfTheDay #CAwx #ScienceTwitter #SciComm
The biblical & record intensity #CaliforniaFires are reminding us of the urgency of #ClimateAction & awareness-raising
New imagery #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ of the #SCULightningComplex fire acquired on 22 August
⬇️More images #ImageOfTheDay 2/3 #ScienceTwitter
Monitoring the #CaliforniaFires with @CopernicusEU #Sentinel satellites
Fresh @CopernicusEU #OpenData imagery of the #LCULightningComplex #wildfire acquired on August 22 by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️

⬇️⬆️Other images of #SCULightningComplex & Chico Area

#ImageOfTheDay #CaliforniaFires
Hundreds of fires are raging across California forcing evacuations of thousands of homes
This image acquired by @CopernicusEU #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️on 20 August at 11:22 local time shows the mind-boggling cloud of smoke that is engulfing the 🇺🇸 West Coast An enormous smoke cloud caused by the ferocious #CaliforniaFires is engulfing the 🇺🇸 West Coast and heading towards the Pacific Ocean

This image acquired by @CopernicusEU #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️on 20 August shows the smoke cloud in a scene more of 1400 km long

#ImageOfTheDay #ClimateAction

The #Arctic is changing at an unprecedented rate and a recent study of @Stockholm_Uni confirms that thawing Arctic #peatlands risk unlocking large amounts of #GHG

⬇️#Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image shows a detail of the Arctic peatlands in the Lena delta🇷🇺 Source: pnas.org/content/early/…

#ImageOfTheDay #EUSpace for #AirQuality

Maritime traffic has a significative impact on #airpollution as ships🚢release #NOx & #CO2 etc. in the atmosphere

⬇️Levels of NO2 detected by the @CopernicusEU #Sentinel5P 🇪🇺🛰️from Jan to Jul 2020 show the maritime highways around Europe EU Policy Background
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#ImageOfTheDay
@RamsarConv #Wetlands in the #Paraná River Delta 🇦🇷 are almost completely dry and affected by severe #wildfires due to hot weather & #drought
The water in the river is at its lowest level in decades
@Copernicus #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ image from 9 August
⬇️2020 vs 2019 @RamsarConv #Wetlands in the #Paraná River Delta 🇦🇷 are almost completely dry and affected by severe #wildfires due to hot weather & #drought
The water in the river is at its lowest level in decades
@Copernicus #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️imagery enable comparison between 2020 and 2019

#IndigenousPeoplesDay
A road is being built in the middle of the rainforest in Ecuador in the Yasuni National Park, to prepare for oil exploration drilling
This is a threat to the #RainForest, to the Waorani tribe & close to the Tagaeri Taromenane Intangible Zone protected area #IndigenousPeoplesDay
A road is being built in the middle of the rainforest in Ecuador in the Yasuni National Park, to prepare for oil exploration drilling
Thanks to @pierrebayle for the cue!
The blog that inspired us (in French): pierrebayle.typepad.com/pensees_sur_la…
FYI @WorldRainforest

#ImageOfTheDay #EUSpace for #Environment monitoring

The #MV #Wakashio bulk carrier, carrying 4,000 tons of fuel 🛢️ran aground on the reef near a tourist hotspot in #Mauritius🇲🇺on 25 July & started leaking #oil #Mauritius
#Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️images show the development of the #oilspill FYI @EUAmbMauritius @humeco_media

#ImageOfTheDay #ClimateAction
After a short break due to meteorological conditions, #wildfires have regained intensity in #Siberia
The resulting smoke cloud is as large as ~ 1/3 of Canada
⬇️#Verkhoyansk engulfed in smoke, as seen by @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ (60km wide image) FYI @Rafacereceda @Seana_Davis @afreedma @WeatherSarov1 @LouisTanca

High Definition JPEG file available at copernicus.eu/en/media/image…

#ImageOfTheDay #ClimateAction
Recently, many anomalies 🌡️❄️🧊 linked to #ClimateChange have been recorded in the #ArcticCircle
The latest one: the collapse of a large section of the Milne #IceShelf 🇨🇦 which has created an ice island of ~79 km2
#Sentinel1🇪🇺🛰️ radar data
Check ⬇️ High Definition JPEG available for download at copernicus.eu/en/media/image…

#ImageOfTheDay #EUSpace for #Volcano monitoring
After the #Kīlauea (#Hawai 🇺🇸) #volcano🌋eruption of 2018, a lake formed within the #Halemaumau crater, the first observed within the caldera in ~200 years
#Earth Is Alive!🌍🌏🌎
#Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image acquired on 31 July FYI @simoncarn @RossVolc @chematierra @Volcanologist @OysteinLAnderse @NERC_COMET @timwright_leeds @GeoAndyHooper @VolcanoYTz

#ImageOfTheDay #ClimateAction
The #Batagaika crater is located in #Siberia & is the largest permafrost crater in the world
It is growing year after year as the warming #climate thaws the frozen ground.
⬇️ #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰multitemporal image showing its evolution from 2016 to 2020 High Definirion image available for download at copernicus.eu/en/media/image…