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This
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image shows what appears, from space, to be a dragon. In fact, the “dragon” is the Odeleite River, flowing through the Algarve region. 🇵🇹
The river is a tributary of the Guadiana River, which rises in the Serra do Caldeirão mountain range.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/blue-dragon-river-portugal

[2024-09-07 10:18 UTC]

R to @CopernicusEU: This data visualisation, based on C3S data, shows the surface air temperature anomaly for August 2024 across the European Continent. In this area, August 2024 was the second warmest August on record, 1.73°C higher than the 1991-2020 average.

Learn more: https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-august-2024

[2024-09-06 08:03 UTC]

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its monthly Climate Bulletin! It highlights that August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally (together with August 2023), with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.82°C, 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average.

[2024-09-06 08:03 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: A new @CopernicusEU 🛰️is now in 🌌

''Sentinel-2C'' will continue providing data to help us address, among others, pressing environmental 🌍issues such as wildfires, floods, and droughts.

#EUSpace 🇪🇺

Read more: https://europa.eu/!b7gtjW

[2024-09-05 10:23 UTC]

Kourou, we have a signal! 📶🛰️
What a night! Our newest addition to the
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family, the 2C unit, is now in orbit and will spend the coming months calibrating before we get to see the first 🖼️ of our planet.
How excited you are to see what it has in store? 📉
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[2024-09-05 06:59 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2C sent its first 📶 at 05:02 CET.

The satellite will spend the coming months being calibrated before we get to see its first 🖼️ of our planet.

👏 to all the teams working relentlessly to make this mission a success for the 🇪🇺 and Europe!

#EUSpace

[2024-09-05 03:22 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: It's the final countdown for Vega, take two.
The launch chronology has started for tonight's liftoff with @ESA_EO/@CopernicusEU Sentinel-2C satellite switched on and waiting for launch... 🚀
📅 5 September 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST
▶️ Live: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Watch_Sentinel-2C_launch_live_on_the_final_Vega_rocket

[2024-09-04 20:29 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Yesterday our @CopernicusEU Polar Roadmap for Service Evolution, was officially presented within the European Polar Science Week.❄️

It is a strategic plan to improve Earth observation in the polar regions over the next years.

Check out the main findings: https://europa.eu/!99f8d7

[2024-09-04 13:32 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: #CopernicusMarine for #EUPolicy

The FuelEU Maritime Regulation promotes the use of renewable, low-carbon fuels, & clean energy technologies ♻️ to decarbonise shipping

We provide data on ocean currents & significant wave heights, which can be used to optimise fuel efficiency 🚢

[2024-09-04 07:30 UTC]

The consequences of the drought on the soils in the south of Hungary are visible from space. In this image acquired by one of our Sentinel-2 satellites on 31 August 2024, fields appear brownish and dry because of the lack of vegetation.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/severe-drought-hungary-summer-2024

[2024-09-04 09:05 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: The additional checks on Flight #VV24 Vega launcher are now completed, authorizing a new launch attempt for today, September 4 10:50 pm (local time in Kourou – 01.50 a.m. UTC, 03:50 a.m. CEST on September 5).

[2024-09-04 06:08 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Due to electrical issues on the ground links #VV24 launch chronology was interrupted.

Checks are being conducted to confirm a new launch attempt tomorrow Sept. 4 at 10:50 pm local time in Kourou.

The launcher & its passenger Sentinel-2C are in stable & safe conditions.

[2024-09-03 22:39 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: ⏱️It's the final countdown!

The Vega 🚀carrying our @CopernicusEU Sentinel-2C is ready for liftoff in exactly 18 hours from now! 🥳(Tomorrow at 3.50 AM. CET)

A bit late, we know, but if you're a night owl, you can watch it live with us🍿⏬

🔗https://youtube.com/live/BZzcOxxeMyA?feature=share

#EUSpace

[2024-09-03 07:49 UTC]

In late August 2024, heavy rains hit eleven districts in eastern Bangladesh, causing severe flooding.
Flooded areas along the Meghna River, one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, are shown in this image by
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on 2 September 2024.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/devastating-floods-eastern-bangladesh

[2024-09-03 07:30 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: It’s almost time for #takeoff! 🚀

Our #CLMS expert Usue is on her way to #Kourou, gearing up for the big launch!

Stay tuned for more updates on the #Sentinel2C launch!

[2024-09-02 10:01 UTC]

This image, taken on 28 August 2024, documents the effects of the heatwave, revealing large areas of glaciers around Longyearbyen (Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean) without snow cover. The absence of snow accelerates the rapid melting of the ice.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/record-breaking-temperatures-observed-svalbard

[2024-09-02 09:13 UTC]

The Thousand Islands, or Kepulauan Seribu, visible in this image acquired by one of our
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satellites on 6 August 2024, is an archipelago off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Find out more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/thousand-islands-indonesia

[2024-09-01 09:49 UTC]

These images, acquired by our Sentinel-2 satellites between August 2021 and August 2024, vividly illustrate the progressive drying of Lake Pikrolimni in Greece.
The prolonged drought has also hit local agriculture hard.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/impact-drought-lake-pikrolimni-greece

[2024-08-31 11:47 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Summer temperatures impact not only sea ice extent but also sea ice thickness 🧊

Sea ice thickness is a key parameter for understanding changes in the polar regions❄️

🔽The thinning of Arctic sea ice for June & August visualised in the #MyOceanViewer 🌊🔎

[2024-08-30 08:30 UTC]

On 28 August, Bolivian authorities reported 35,536 wildfire hotspots across their country, with more than 30,000 fires concentrated in the Santa Cruz region. The fires have produced a massive plume of smoke, leading to an orange alert for poor air quality.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/wildfires-bolivia-reach-critical-levels

[2024-08-30 08:17 UTC]