Dual use: If we like it or not, all civilian sats have defence-related uses. This video shows the Russian Arctic Metagaz LNG carrier exploding after reportedly being hit by Ukranian drones. It comes from @eumetsat.int's Meteosat-12, a weather satellite. Weather is civil, but we see so much more.

Earlier in Feb, Cyclone Gezani hit Mozambique, sadly resulting in fatalities anddamage to buildings Here, two Sentinel-2 pics show the impacts: Flooding inland, and a hugerunoff heading into the ocean. S2 is critical for disaster response - and we plan to improve its value for the next gen mission!

Fifty two thousand six hundred orbits around our wonderful little planet! Congrats Sentinel-3A! Later this year, younger brother S3C will be launched - ready to take over the operational optical imaging duties so that S3A can enjoy a well-deserved retirement 😀

Some Beautiful winter views of European Capital cities, thanks to Sentinel-2!

It'll change your life

For those of you on linkedin, the @esa.int Earth Observation Programme now has its own page, give it a follow for all the latest news, updates, and wonderful pictures from space 😀 www.linkedin.com/showcase/esa...

In December, we ran a campaign to switch the Sentinel-2A satellite on at night over some specific areas. The goal was to provide data to help me work out how useful night imaging capabilities would be for next gen Sentinel-2...and the results are wonderful! Read more: www.esa.int/Applications...

Kinda shocked at how the Netherlands copes with a little bit of snow. Every train cancelled, roads not clear, people "stocking up on supplies in case shops close". But, tbh, im glad to know its not just the UK that cant handle winter weather. I thought blighty was the exception 😂

The traditional end of year collab between @esa.int , @eumetsat.int, @wmo-global.bsky.social and me. I love making these pics...MTGsending back beautiful data as always! 😍 These four are 06UTC on: 19/12, 22/09, 21/06 and 20/03 Nice seeing how the sunlight moves around our planet during the year.

Huge dust storms in Pakistan, seen by the @esa.int / @ec.europa.eu Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-3B satellites on 4th November. Neither satellite was designed to monitor dust plumes, so it's impressive how much information they give us about the detail and extent of these storms!

Liftoff for Ariane 6 on flight #VA265 carrying the @CopernicusEU Sentinel-1D satellite to space.

Along the N. Coast of Alaska, winter is closing in. These pics ages, from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, were taken just two weeks apart. Heavy snowfall on land, and the beginnings of ice on sea. Soon, the sun will be too low and Sentinel-2 will stop acquiring images until Springtime.

Insane. This is Hurricane #Melissa seen right near landfall by the Copernicus / @esa.int Sentinel-2C satellite. It looks so beautiful, and it's hard to comprehend how much destruction a hurricane like this can cause. Best wishes to everyone in Jamaica.

17 hours of #Hurricane #Melissa seen from space compressed into 9 seconds. Weather sats are vital for monitoring and forecasting Hurricanes. Without them, our forecasts would be much worse - increasing the danger posed by these monsterous storms. Data: NOAA / GOES-19 Video: ESA / Simon Proud

It was great to be at @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social last week to discuss the SIRIUS mission that is under consolidation as one of @esa.int's future SCOUT missions. SIRIUS will examine land surface temperature, with a focus on urban heat islands and unique data for evapotranspiration models.

Here are two images from the @esa.int / @ec.europa.eu Sentinel-2 mission showing the city of #Salalah in Southern Oman. One pic from June, before the rainy season, and one from this week, after the rains. The hills around the city transform into a lush green landscape!

An amazing change in the colour of the sea due to #Typhoon #Ragusa. The first pic was taken by the @esa_earth Sentinel-2 mission a few days before the typhoon, the second pic taken after the typhoon, just a few hours ago.

Nice to receive a little present from our @esa.int Sentinel-2 team, a Lego S2 satellite 😄

Delighted to see that the next Meteosat satellite will launch on a European rocket. MTG-I2 will complete the imaging constellation for Europe's next generation weather satellites, providing vital warnings for severe weather, wildfires, and more.

Am taking some time for relaxation in the Alps, so apologies for being slow to respond to messages and comments. Will be back in the world of space-based Earth Observation soon, but for now im enjoying EO at slightly lower altitudes 🙂

Congrats to my friends + colleagues across @esa.int , @eumetsat.int and @ec.europa.eu. MetOp-SG is exciting, a big leap forward for weather prediction. I think the key thing will be watching how scientists combine data from the different instruments to understand our planet. Lots of potential 😀

📷 Premières images d’#Ariane6 sur son pas de tir. 🚀 Le vol #VA264 mettra en orbite Metop-SG-A1 et Copernicus Sentinel-5. ✅ Revue de préparation au lancement : nominale ☁️ Météo favorable 📅 Décollage prévu le 13 août à 02h37 (heure de Paris)

I saw that a new version of chatGPT has been released - gave it a quick try to write some simple python code...same garbage as the previous version. Now it's telling me that GPT is right and the python docs are wrong. At least for me, the AI bubble has well and truly popped 😆

To me, the Netherlands is remarkably anthopogenic place, nature is subjugated, everything is concrete and construction: Why have a garden when you can have space for a second car? Glad to have found a house that retains some nature.

Nice to visit Thales Alenia Space in Madrid this week to discuss future satellite missions. Thanks for the tour of the clean room! Lots of exciting work going on 😃

Large #wildfires burning in Syria, seen yesterday by the Copernicus / @esaearth.esa.int Sentinel-2 mission. As well as the fires themselves, you can see a huge region that's already been burned - all that Brown-coloured bit in the middle.

I just got an email auto-reply saying: "Hello, I'm away from my desk. I will reply when I'm back." I love the vagueness. Are they away for a sandwich, or away visiting the North Pole? 😂

Satellite sees satellite! 😮 The @noaa.gov GOES-18 satellite saw @eumetsat.int's MTG-S1 satellite as it blasted off from Florida last night. See that little bright dot in the middle of the image? That's the @spacex.extwitter.link rocket!

Europe’s 1st geostationary sounder satellite has launched! 🚀 MTG-S1 will transform weather forecasting & early warnings with new atmospheric data. The satellite also carries the Sentinel-4 mission & will provide data that can be used to protect communities & strengthen resilience: bit.ly/4l9c5jR

Today we signed the study contract for our @esa.int SCOUT missions. Am excited to be the science officer for SIRIUS, one of the missions, that aims to explore urban heat islands. These missions are fast, with compressed development, and I'm looking forward to seeing the progress! 🚀🛰

Today at Living Planet #LPS25 come along to our session on the Sentinel2 mission! Some good talks about the current generation of Sentinel 2, and the next generation.

Day 2 of Living Planet! #LPS25 Do you want to learn about what's new with the next generation of Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3? Come along to our session at 11.30, room E1!

Ever wondered what's inside a satellite? Here's a nice simple example from Airbus about what's inside Sentinel-2!

Arriving at a very sunny #LPS25! Keen to talk to as many people as possible, especially about sentinel 2 and 3. Let me know what you like, what you want, what you do!

Are you going to be at Living Planet #LPS25 today? If so, join us between 14:00 and 17:45 for two sessions celebrating 10-years of Sentinel-2! Come listen to some of the highlights, and get insights into what comes next. And, if that doesn't tempt you, there will also be cake! 😀

Back in Vienna, back at the UN! Now time for #LPS25 🚀

Preparing for #LPS25 by putting together some beautiful images from the Sentinel-3 mission. Check out all these wonderful pictures of our planet, all taken by S3 within the last 24 hours! Nice example of the excellent collaboration between @esa.int , @eumetsat.int and @ec.europa.eu!

Happy birthday, @eumetsat.int!

Nice overview by Jacob from the Danish Meteorological Institute at the @ghrsst.bsky.social symposium about the challenges of retrieving data on ice surface temperature in the arctic. Lots of progress, but still lots of work to be done...

Happy to be at the @ghrsst.bsky.social meeting in beautiful Copenhagen. Looking forward to talking to all the scientists about our next generation of @esa.int / Copernicus Sentinel missions!

Two large flashes visible in satellite data of Israel over the past hour. One is inland, the other offshore. Suspect the offshore one is gas flaring from an oil platform as a precaution against attack...

Exploring somewhere new on today's visit to @eumetsat.int! 🛰📡

On 28th May the Birch glacier, above the Swiss village of #Blatten collapsed - sending debris into the village, destroying much of it. Today, the #Sentinel2 satellite overflew Blatten, letting us look at how the glacier evolved right up to the collapse. Really shocking scenes...

Reasons why AI has a long way to go before it's useful, number 1000: In a reply, ChatGPT just rounded the speed of light to 5e8m/s 😆

Embarrassed to live in #Katwijk today. Cycled past a big pro-Israel demonstration where one person was giving Nazi salutes (do they not know history?) and another was holding a picture of Palestinian children with the caption “future terrorists”. Disgraceful.

As part of our preparation for potential future missions, we switched the @esaearth.esa.int / Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite to take measurements at night. This is what it saw, look at all those gas flares in Iraq! Thanks to @eumetsat.int for setting up these night-time observations. 💪

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Am on vacation today but am thinking of all my friends and colleagues working on the Biomass launch. 🚀 Biomass promises to be an amazing mission that will provide some excellent science. Go Biomass, go Vega!

This is over 1,300 years old, travelled all the way from Egypt to India and I hold it in the palm of my hand. Historical artefacts blow my mind!

Registration for @esa.int's Living Planet Symposium is now open! Head over to lps25.esa.int to register. Looking forward to seeing you there! 😀