Satellite image of the month – August – Kamloops (Canada)
Kamloops – Canada, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on July 26, 2021 The satellite image of the month August shows the city of Kamloops in British Columbia in Canada. The image shows a composite of three different spectral bands based on freely available Sentinel-2 data from the Copernicus programme. After downloading the scene, an atmospheric […]
Satellite image of the month – July – Los Glaciares (Argentina)
Los Glaciares – Argentina, recorded by the Sentinel-2A satellite on February 26th, 2021 Our satellite image of the month July shows the southern part of the Argentinian Los Glaciares National Park (spanish: The Glaciers National Park). The image is a composite of three different bands and was taken by the European satellite Sentinel 2A. After […]
Satellite image of the month – June – Lake Zürich (Switzerland)
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 […]
Satellite image of the month – May – Fuji (Japan)
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 […]
Satellite image of the month – April – Aswan Dam (Egypt)
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 […]
Satellite image of the month – March – Madrid (Spain)
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 […]
Satellite image of the month – February – Öresund Strait (Denmark/Sweden)
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 […]