By Julia Haas | 4. June 2021 | Category blog,
Lake Zürich – Switzerland, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on August 23, 2016 The satellite image of the month June shows Lake Zürich and its surroundings in Switzerland. The image is based on freely available multispectral satellite images from the Sentinel-2 satellite of the Copernicus Programme. After downloading the scene an atmospheric correction was carried […]
Read MoreBy Julia Haas | 4. May 2021 | Category blog,
Fuji – Japan, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on December 23, 2020 The satellite image of the month May shows a false colour composition of Mount Fuji in Japan. The image is based on Sentinel-2 data from the Copernicus programme. Sentinel-2 data are multispectral satellite images which are free to obtain. After downloading the scene […]
Read MoreBy Julia Haas | 1. April 2021 | Category blog,
Aswan Dam – Egypt, recorded by the CORONA-KH-4B satellite on May 30, 1968 and by the Sentinel-2A satellite on October 22, 2020 Our satellite image of the month April shows the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The Aswan Dam, also known as the Aswan High Dam, is located in southern Egypt, about 13 kilometers south of […]
Read MoreBy Julia Haas | 9. March 2021 | Category blog,
Madrid – Spain, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on January 11, 2021 The satellite image of the month March shows Madrid with snow. The image was created from different bands based on Sentinel-2A data of the EU Copernicus Programme and provides a spatial resolution of 20 m. After downloading the scene, an atmospheric correction was […]
Read MoreBy Julia Haas | 26. February 2021 | Category blog,
Öresund – Strait between Denmark and Sweden, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on May 27, 2017 The satellite image of the month February shows the southern part of the Öresund, the strait between Denmark and Sweden. It separates the Danish island Zealand in the west and the Swedish province of Scania in the east, and […]
Read MoreBy Carmen Tawalika | 5. June 2019 | Category blog,
Budapest (Hungary)
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India – Telangana
Read MoreBy Charlotte Eberz | 18. December 2018 | Category blog,
Panama Canal The satellite image of the month shows a section of Panama and the Panama Canal. The scene is based on Sentinel-2 data from the Copernicus programme and shows a vegetation analysis with a resolution of 20 meters. The vegetation analysis colours healthy vegetation in bright green tones and can easily be distinguished from […]
Read MoreBy Charlotte Eberz | 8. November 2018 | Category blog, General,
Athens, port of piraeus The satellite image of the month November shows the Greek capital Athens and the port of Piraeus which is about about five kilometers from the city center. The image taken by the Sentinel 2A satellite displays a land-water combination with a spatial resolution of 20 meters. On the right half of […]
Read MoreBy Charlotte Eberz | 23. October 2018 | Category blog, General,
Hambach Forest The satellite image of the month October shows the Hambach opencast mine in the middle, the Hambach forest itself bordering to the south and the villages of Elsdorf and Sindorf to the east. The entire region shown in the picture is located in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The image is based […]
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