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Super Typhoon Hinnamnor (top) as seen over the Pacific Ocean early on the morning of 30 August 2022 by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite.
Satellite: Sentinel-1. SAR (Radar de Apertura Sintética).
A diferencia de lo que muchos pueden pensar, el canal de Panamá no es un trayecto directo de océano a océano, esto se debe a que el lago Gatún se encuentra a 26 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Como el lector comprenderá, el agua no fluye hacia arriba, por lo que se hace necesaria una solución de ingeniería para llevar a los barcos desde el nivel del mar hasta la altura del Lago Gatún, esta solución viene en la forma de esclusas. (www.unibe.edu.do/el-canal-de-panama-la-ruta-que-une-al-mu...)
A diferencia de los sensores ópticos, que registran la luz del sol reflejada en la superficie terrestres, los sensores de radar como el del satélite Sentinel-1 emiten sus propias ondas y registran el reflejo de estas procedente de la superficie. Tienen la gran ventaja de funcionar de noche y de atravesar las nubes.
Esta imagen ha sido procesada con el navegador EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) de Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub es un motor de procesamiento de datos satelitales, dentro del programa de observación de la Tierra Copernicus (copernicus.eu) de la Unión Europea, operado por la empresa Sinergise. EO Browser es gratuito y fácil de usar. El norte siempre está arriba.
This image has been processed using the EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) by Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub is a satellite data processing engine, within the European Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus (copernicus.eu), operated by the Sinergise company. EO Browser is free and easy to use. North is always up.
OTA: SW Mak-Cass 127 @ f12.7, 1500mm fl
Imaging: AS120MM-S, unguided
Mount: Az-GTi (Alt-Az mode)
Sequencing & Capture: ASICAP
700/960 frames, 50 Gain, Auto Exposure
PP: Autostakkert 2.0, GIMP 2.0
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite being fixed to the Ariane 6 rocket adaptor in preparation for liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 4 November 2025.
Together with its sibling Sentinel-1C, Sentinel-1D will significantly enhance the capabilities of the Copernicus Earth observation programme.
The mission will continue to deliver radar images of Earth’s surface, performing in all weathers, day-and-night, providing a service vital for users who depend on frequent updates of critical data, such as disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritime authorities and climate scientists.
Credits: ESA - M. Pédoussaut
The complex interplay between coastal flow, the Gulf of Mexico "Loop Current" (dark red) and its eddies (bright red) is shown in this night-time sea-surface temperature scene seen by
Copernicus Sentinel-3 SLSTR on 29 March ️🌊
(With NASA Blue Marble land overlay for context.)
Hotel Copernicus, ul. Kanonicza, Kraków, 14 sierpnia 2007 r.
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Copernicus Hotel, Kanonicza str., Kraków, August 14, 2007
Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It is 93 km in diameter and 3.8 km in depth. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system. It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent body of asteroid 495 Eulalia 800 million years ago.
🇧🇷 Copernicus é uma cratera de impacto lunar localizada no leste do Oceanus Procellarum. Possui 93 km de diâmetro e 3,8 km de profundidade. Recebeu o nome do astrônomo Nicolaus Copernicus. Ele tipifica as crateras que se formaram durante o período copernicano, pois possui um sistema de raios proeminente. Pode ter sido criado por destroços da divisão do corpo pai do asteróide 495 Eulalia, 800 milhões de anos atrás.
27-08-2021 / 06:15 UTC
Sky-Watcher 150mm - f/8
ZWO ASI 120MC-S + Barlow 2x + UV/IR Cut
SharpCap + PIPP + AS!3 + Astrosurface
Porto Real-Brazil
Bortle 4/5 Sky
Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich on its launch adapter, ready to be moved for encapsulation in its Falcon 9 rocket fairing. The fairing will protect the satellite during liftoff, which is scheduled for 21 November at 17:17 GMT (18:17 CET; 09:17 PST).
Once launched, this new mission will take the role of radar altimetry reference mission, continuing the long-term record of measurements of sea-surface height started in 1992 by the French–US Topex Poseidon and then the Jason series of satellite missions.
Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja
This image shows the Copernicus region at a fairly low sun angle, including some interesting volcanic domes to the west of Copernicus, dark pyroclastic deposits to the east, and an extensive ray system. The mountains immediately northwest of Copernicus are the Montes Carpatus, while the chain to the northeast is Montes Apenninus. The Apollo 15 landing site is located along the western side of this range near the top of the image. Other noteworthy craters include Archimedes near the top, and Ptolemaeus near the bottom.
This image is a cropped portion of a larger image available below:
Grading map over Horta Sud, showing damaged features and flood traces. The map is based on Geoeye-2 data acquired on 31 October and was provided by the Copernicus Emergency Rapid Mapping Service (EMS).
Credits: European Union, Copernicus Emergency Management Service data
The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us over South Sudan. Having gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, South Sudan is the youngest country in the world. It has an estimated population of 13 million people, more than 80% of whom live in rural areas. Most of the population relies on farming, fishing or herding to meet their food and income needs.
The Sobat river is traced in a vibrant green colour along the left part of the image. This is the most southerly of the great eastern tributaries of the White Nile, the section of the Nile between Malakal, South Sudan and Khartoum, Sudan.
Tropical forests, swamps and grassland make up the majority of South Sudan’s terrain. A large, swampy area called the Sudd, which is about 320 km wide and 400 km long, can be found in the centre of the country. This is thought to be one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world and is fed by the White Nile and rainfall runoff from surrounding areas. It is home to large fish populations, millions of migratory birds, and various endangered species.
The area has also provided shelter for refugees fleeing the ongoing Sudanese civil war, which broke out in South Sudan in December 2013.
The red and gold in the lower-central part of the image shows smoke from a fire. The smoke is being driven by a northerly wind. The black parts of the image, similarly, show burnt areas of land – possibly the result of slash and burn agriculture. By burning dry grass, herders are able to fertilise the soil with ash, promoting new growth that can be used to feed livestock. Subsistence farmers also tend to use this method to manage land, returning nutrients to the soil and clearing the ground of unwanted plants in the process. Some of the negative longer-term impacts of this practice include air pollution, deforestation and erosion.
Sentinel-2 carries an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager for observing our land and vegetation. The mission mainly provides information for agricultural and forestry practices and for helping manage food security.
This image, which was captured on 18 January 2018, is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Copernicus Sentinel-1D has begun its journey and is preparing to leave Europe. It left Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes on Monday, 1 September, and arrived the next day in Turin. From there, it will be flown on an Antonov plane to French Guiana on 10 September.
Sentinel-1D, part of the European Commission’s Copernicus programme, is designed to carry an advanced radar instrument to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface.
It will be launched on an Ariane 6 in Q4 2025.
Credits: ESA - P. Sebirot
The Pico do Fogo volcano on Cape Verde’s Fogo island erupted on 23 November 2014 and showed continuing volcanic activity in the days following. By processing two Sentinel-1A radar images, which were acquired on 3 November and 27 November 2014, this interferogram was generated. Deformation on the ground causes phase changes in radar signals that appear as the rainbow-coloured patterns.
Results like these are being used by Earth scientists to help them map the volcano’s subsurface magmatic system, perform geophysical modelling of the volcanic eruption mechanics, and assist the relief efforts on the ground. With this stunning result, the great potential of Sentinel-1 for geophysical applications has been once again unequivocally demonstrated.
Read more:
Fogo volcano on Sentinel's Radar
Credit: Copernicus data (2014)/ESA/Norut-PPO.labs–COMET-SEOM InSARap study
Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry after liquid fuel transfer on 24 April 2016.
The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite and three CubeSats to orbit.
Once in orbit, Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
This image was taken as sunset was falling on Copernicus crater on the waning crescent Moon. The image was taken November 28, 2021, at 05:55 local time (PST) in San Diego, CA, using a C9.25 Edge HD telescope and ASI183mm camera with a 610nm long pass filter.
Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry after liquid fuel transfer on 24 April 2016.
The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite and three CubeSats to orbit.
Once in orbit, Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of the most remote islands in the world: Easter Island. Located in the Pacific Ocean, over 3500 km off the west coast of South America, this Chilean island is also known as Rapa Nui by its original inhabitants. The island was given its current name the day Europeans arrived in the 1700s – on Easter Sunday.
The island is famous for its monolithic stone statues, called Moai, said to honour the memory of the inhabitants’ ancestors. There are nearly 1000 scattered around the island, usually positioned near freshwater. Many are located near the Rano Raraku volcano, on the southeast coast. The white edges along the southern coast show the harsh waves colliding with the shore.
An interesting feature of the image is the ochre-orange colour of the Poike – the peninsula on the eastern end of the island. In ancient times, it is said that there was a lot of vegetation on the island. However, land clearing for cultivation and the Polynesian rat played a role in deforestation, leading to the erosion of the soil, particularly in the east.
Several reforestation projects have been attempted, including a eucalyptus plantation in the middle of the island, visible in dark green. The brown patch to the right of the plantation is likely to be a burn scar from a wildfire.
The majority of the island’s inhabitants live in Hanga Roa, the main town and harbour on the west coast, clearly visible in the image. Interestingly, the long runway of the island’s only airport was once designated as an emergency landing site for the US space shuttle.
At the very edge of the southwest tip of the island lies Ranu Kao, the largest volcano on the island. Its shape is distinctive owing to its crater lake, one of the island’s only three natural bodies of water.
Many tourists are drawn to the island for its mysterious history and isolated position. What is relatively unknown is the existence of two small beaches on the northeast coast. Anakena beach has white, coral sand, while the smaller Ovahe beach, surrounded by cliffs, has pink sand.
Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a two-satellite mission. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth’s surface in 13 spectral bands. Data from Copernicus Sentinel-2 can help monitor changes in land cover.
This image, which was captured on 7 April 2019, is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Copernicus from 2020-06-01 from UK. I'm quite pleased with this one.
'Montes Carpatus' to the North West, 'Gay-Lussac' and 'Gay-Lussac A' top left of Copernicus (no sniggering at the back please)
Equipment: Altair Starwave Ascent 102ED F7
Altair Superview 15mm EP
Altair Lightwave 2x Tele-Extender
Samsung VP-HMX20C Camcorder
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro.
Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, GIMP
Wasnt even supposed to be an imaging session so no laptop and fancy pants cameras. Not even tracking properly. Ended up taking vids till the batteries on the camera breathed their last. No spares.
Sentinel-2A being installed on its payload launcher adapter, on 6 June 2015 at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The second satellite in Europe’s Copernicus programme is set for launch from Europe’s Spaceport on 23 June 2015.
Sentinel-2 carries an innovative wide-swath, high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation. The second in the two-satellite mission – Sentinel-2B – is being prepared for launch in 2016.
For more information on the mission, visit www.esa.int/sentinel2
Credit: ESA–M. Pedoussaut, 2015
This true-colour image of Merida was taken by Sentinel-2A on 11 August. Home to some 60 000 people, Merida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, in western Spain.
Owing to the satellite’s high-resolution multispectral instrument, the colour distinction of this arid area is obvious. The greys are the small towns of Montijo and Santa Amalia, on either side of Merida, while the scattered greens are fields of different crops and plants, crisscrossed with canals.
The brown and reddish are the typical colours of fields without vegetation, which was the case when the image was captured in August.
The Guadiana River is also visible, crossing through the centre of the image, along with various smaller bodies of water, all fundamental for irrigating the many fields in such a dry area.
The land is divided into estates, where vineyards and olive groves are cultivated along with wheat. Dry farming predominates, with winter wheat and barley as major crops.
In the lower central part of the image, the small town of Almendralejo is visible, situated in a brownish area. Here the local agriculture features extensive cereals, fruit and grapes, with many vineyards around the town, where a local red wine and brandy are produced.
Sitting on the north bank of the Guadiana River, Merida was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993 because of its various archaeological remains. Founded by the Romans in 25 BC, the town still has many Roman remains.
A granite bridge, the longest of all Roman bridges still used by pedestrians, is one of the major remains. North of Merida, Proserpina Dam is visible, a large Roman reservoir that carried water to the town by a magnificent aqueduct, of which there are extensive remains.
Sentinel-2A has been in orbit since 23 June, and is a polar-orbiting, high-resolution satellite for land monitoring, providing imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas.
This image is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
Credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2015)/ESA
Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. Mikołaja Kopernika
Location: Strachowice, Wroclaw
Built: 2009-2012
Project: JSK Architekci
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Copernicus witnessing the weird cloud formation that blanketed the skyline yesterday (May 5). The clouds can only be described as apocalyptic.
On Chicagoist Around Town, 05/07/2012.
Our image of the week shows smoke plumes from intense wildfires near Torch River, Saskatchewan (Canada), captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on 26 May.
Over 2000 km² have burned, triggering evacuations and air quality warnings.