In mid-February, intense Saharan dust storms led to the formation of vast aerosol plumes stretching from the Mediterranean to the central-eastern Atlantic. Meteosat Third Generation Animations reveal their rapid evolution and long-range transport. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4dEEayp

Weeks of extreme rainfall triggered severe flooding in southern Mozambique. Sentinel-2 imagery shows the Limpopo River expanding far beyond its banks and later retreating, leaving flooded plains and sediment plumes at the coast. A satellite look at the event in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4sJXtL3

Abstract patterns visible in satellite images are actually the result of seasonal field burning in South Sudan’s Jonglei region. Take a closer look at slash-and-burn agriculture and how it appears in Sentinel-2 images in the #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3OWZo0i #EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #Agriculture

Water quality from space 🌊 Two early career scientists present research on chlorophyll-a, suspended solids & seagrass monitoring using EO data at the upcoming GEO AquaWatch Water Talks. Strong science, relevant topics – worth tuning in 👇 #RemoteSensing #WaterQuality #EarthObservation

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Dr. El Serafy's talk at 12:00 UTC + more #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Ms. Roca's talk at 13:15 UTC #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Ms. Fernandes talk at 12:30 UTC #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

A record-breaking #phytoplankton bloom formed an elliptical ring around Chatham Island in Jan 2026. Sentinel-3 captured the structure 90 minutes before the widely shared NASA/VIIRS image. The bloom reached its peak in at least a decade. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/40zm9tI

Volcanoes as cloud factories: Morning heating, rising moist air, and volcanic slopes – the perfect setup for small cumulus clouds. ☁️ Sentinel-3 captured this orographic cloud formation over Java, Bali, Lombok & Sumbawa – stretching nearly 1,200 km. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4tNadC0

Two icebergs grounded near #Antarctica appeared to be racing eastward. But they weren't moving at all. Drift ice flowing west created the illusion. Sentinel-2 reveals what is really happening. We traced one of them back to Clarke Glacier. 🧊 Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article: 👉 bit.ly/4l307ct

New #BCEarthGallery blog post! Shūrehzār-e Mehragān (southern Iran) only fills after rare heavy rainfall. In Dec 2025, the lake expanded to ~200 km². NIR reveals rapid algae bloom development. Anthropogenic semicircles (~150 m diameter) surround the lake. Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/4bT3HDi

A striking cloud formation over Lake Baikal: cold air flowing out of a river valley meets warmer, moist air, creating wave-like oscillations in the lower troposphere – and a cloud formation resembling a fluffy dandelion.Check it out in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post! 👉 bit.ly/4ahjUQ7

ℹ️ You can find a brief overview for @obsgession.eu & its goals on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/02/19/e... Cc: @mariahallfors.bsky.social @syke.fi @biologylu.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @brockmannconsult.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social

Satellite time series reveal the awakening of Haili-Gubbi (Ethiopia): no activity for years, then gas emissions, magma intrusion from Erta Ale, and a brief but intense Plinian eruption in Nov 2025. For the full story, visit our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/3NBZsSA #Sentinel2 #Volcanology

Curved surf lines and foam fields off the East Frisian Islands reveal how wind, waves and seabed topography interact. Sentinel-2 scenes highlight how coastal dynamics and seabed structure become visible from space. #WaddenSea #CoastalDynamics Find out more in the #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3LMr3zN

Satellite data reveal Jingyu Hu, China’s last mountain lake to be mapped. Its whale-shaped outline, strong salinity contrast and recurring plankton vortex make this lake a unique feature of the Altun Mountains. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery article: 👉 bit.ly/3Z7pgYY #RemoteSensing

A vast cloud-free region over the Southern Ocean: ~1150 km wide, formed by a strong high-pressure system. Its area is so large that entire Hurricane Melissa and Super Typhoon Fungwong (2025) would have fitted inside it. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/4qNC17c

Season’s greetings from above the Arctic. Fractured sea ice and snow-covered terrain in the Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. Warm wishes to everyone in our community, and thanks for another year of collaboration, curiosity, and shared enthusiasm for Earth observation!

Windstreaks are common on Mars, but rare on Earth. Patagonia is one of those exceptions: dried-out volcanic maars in the Pali-Aike field act as sediment sources, forming long streaks shaped by persistent winds. Visit the #BCEarthGallery to learn more: 👉 bit.ly/44rt76v #Geomorphology #RemoteSensing

New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Sentinel-2 reveals impressive internal wave packets in the Celebes Sea, stretching over hundreds of kilometers. Find out what these waves mean for ocean dynamics and navigation: 👉 bit.ly/4psF5Fo #InternalWaves #CelebesSea #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #Oceanography

We will be delivering the next @geoaquawatch.bsky.social webinar on 11 December showing you how #xcube software helps unify and explore fragmented datasets found across platforms and formats. #datastores #analysisreadydata #interactive How to join: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

Kerstin Stelzer and Carsten Brockmann are at #IOCS2025 in Darmstadt. Great keynotes and lightning talks so far — the first poster session already started, including our sen2water poster (No. 13). #OceanColour #RemoteSensing #Copernicus

Supraglacial lakes, rivers, and channels on the 79°N Glacier reveal how surface melt reshapes one of Greenland’s largest ice shelves. A striking “Onion Lake” stands out in recent #Sentinel2 imagery. Read our new #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/4pEfEAn #Greenland #RemoteSensing #Glaciers

We're thrilled to be involved in this ESA project and can't wait to see you tomorrow! Be sure to register for free to the Community Webinar! 👉 bit.ly/43Qnui1

Our 250𝘁𝗵 #BCEarthGallery post — still amazed by Earth’s artistry! 🌍 🎉 #Sentinel2 reveals mysterious milky-blue swirls on the Great Bahama Bank — a natural artwork still puzzling scientists. 🌊🌀 Beauty and mystery, seen from space. Read the full article: 👉 bit.ly/3JaL9T8 #EarthObservation #FromSpace

New #BCEarthGallery blog post: Exploring Wyoming’s 100-km arc of ancient sand dunes. Sentinel-2 reveals the full dune belt and detailed views of active and dormant formations, striking in imagery. Read the full post: 👉 bit.ly/3LMOXuE #Wyoming #SandDunes #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation

Interested in lake restoration? Let us share with you our nutrient recovery and reuse solutions. Apply until 30 November to become an "accociate region" of the @horizoneu.bsky.social @ferroproject.bsky.social for 2-year funding enabling you to apply FERRO solutions. 💦 ferroproject.eu/open-call

High in the Arctic, the glaciers of 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗭𝗲𝗺𝗹𝘆𝗮 display banded patterns that record centuries of ice formation and atmospheric dust — a frozen chronicle of climate history, seen from space. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/443pcfN #Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere

4 weeks left to apply for the @ferroproject.bsky.social funding call to co-develop with the FERRO team a 2-year action plan for #nutrient recovery and reuse in your local (or not!) #eutrophic lake. #circulareconomy ⛵Apply here by 30 November ferroproject.eu/open-call

From space, the lakes near Bluenose Lake in Nunavut gleam in shades of turquoise and deep blue. Remote yet stable, they offer scientists a rare glimpse into pristine Arctic ecosystems. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article: 👉 bit.ly/438EEXM #Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience

🚀 SNAP v13 released! Five months after v12 and SNAP’s 10th anniversary, ESA’s Sentinel Applications Platform gets a new major version. 👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa... Try also SNAPISTA, the interactive environment for SNAP scripting with Python. 👉 bit.ly/3JDriMx #SNAP #ESA #EO #Copernicus

🚀 xcube v1.12.0 is here! 🎉 Big updates: New xcube DataStore and Server & Viewer features + fixes: JPEG2000 support, smarter preload handling, improved metadata, and fresh Viewer visuals. 🔗 Learn more: Documentation: bit.ly/3L8TDuD GitHub: bit.ly/47qH8Sm #xcube #Python #OpenSource #EOData

As chlorophyll fades, autumn paints the forests in gold, orange, and red — pigments revealed and created by nature’s chemistry. See how Sentinel-2 tracks this change across Alaska’s boreal landscape. Read more in the full #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/4nWdKuq #Sentinel2 #AutumnColors #EOData

Iceland’s Ok volcano once carried its own glacier — Okjökull. Today, only snow remains, vanishing each summer. See how Sentinel-2 captures its changing face and the story of a glacier that’s gone. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3JeE3wI #Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData

A vast algal bloom has appeared off Vancouver Island and Washington State — stretching over 300 km! Satellite images show stunning turquoise hues and hint at both harmless and toxic species. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/473Zs5b #Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation

Kerstin Stelzer presents Copernicus Land & Marine Services at the Sentinel-2 Validation Team Meeting at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati 🇮🇹 — sharing success stories of water quality products from Sentinel-2 data. #Sentinel2 #Copernicus #WaterQuality #EO

Tuesday's #BiDS25 tutorial by the ESA EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Service introduced a full room of users to cloud-native EO workflows with STAC, pySTAC-client, xarray, Dask, and Julia. The discussion during and after the event was captivating! eopf-sample-service.github.io/EOPF-Zarr-BI...

We are at #BiDS25 this week in Latvia and co-hosting a tutorial called 'EOPF Sample Service - Getting Started with Zarr' today (and a #hackathon tomorrow). Find the tutorial material in this repo: github.com/EOPF-Sample-... 📣 More info on Big Data from Space 2025: www.bigdatafromspace2025.org

If you wish to build analysis-ready #Sentinel-3 data cubes, why not try this newly published #JupyterNotebook? It demonstrates how to use the #xcube-eopf plugin for data analysis. #Zarr format #EOPFSampleService project #datacubes eopf-sample-service.github.io/eopf-sample-...

🌳🌲 Join @esaclimate.bsky.social #ClimateChangeInitiative visualisation competition 'Forests in a Changing Climate' for chance to win a tour of ESA’s #EarthObservation Centre in Italy! 💻 Online training to guide participants on 24.09.2025. Register & more: tinyurl.com/4a84wkak

A swirl with an eye and a nose? Nope, not weather—just river sediment in Yana Bay, seen by Sentinel-2. Nature sketches its own cartoons in one of the Arctic’s remotest deltas. Explore the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery article! #Sentinel2 #YanaBay #LaptevSea #Arctic 👉 bit.ly/4n6ne67

Let's introduce our gapfilled Surface Soil Moisture data set! Data gaps can arise from missing satellite overpasses and are an obstacle for machine learning analysis. Based on multi-satellite observations, researchers produced long-term gap-free climate data records, enabling holistic analysis.

Zoom in on your climate data 🎯 Try these Toolbox functions and focus on what matters to you: 📈 Time Series Analysis: Track changes at specific points ✂️ Region Cutting: Focus on custom areas for instant visuals Explore now: esa-climate-toolbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ap...

Cloud dynamics over the Sahara: Sentinel-2 captured a vast convective system (≈42,000 km²) with a 380 km outflow boundary. These arcs can even trigger dust storms like haboobs. #Sentinel2 #Sahara #Clouds #RemoteSensing #Haboob Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/3JYqcL4

Created 55 years ago, Iraq’s Lake Razzaza now tells a vivid story in colour — changing shades, exposed sands, and seasonal extremes. Explore its beauty and see how its colours and shape shift through time in our new #BCEarthGallery article! #EarthObservation #Lakes #WaterColour 👉 bit.ly/4pfyL4c

Nature’s own beauty generator: tides, winds and coastal shapes combine off Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula, creating breathtaking swirls captured by Sentinel-2. 🌀🌊 #EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #EarthArt #PlanetBeauty Find out more on our new #BCEarthGallery blog! 👉 bit.ly/4mJjVRP

The Barnes Ice Cap, Canada’s last trace of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, is vanishing. Up to 20% of its mass are already lost in just 125 years. Ancient ice covering 6,000 km², 20,000 years old, melting away in real time. Discover our new #BCEarthGallery blog! 👉 bit.ly/45ZWldM #ClimateCrisis #Arctic

🌍 Excited for #BiDS25 in Riga! 📅 29/09 Tutorial | 30/09 Hackathon Supported by our colleague Konstantin Ntokas, the EOPF Zarr Hackathon dives deep into #CloudNative #EO with #Zarr, STAC, Dask, Julia & more. 👉 Register here: bit.ly/4oYOJ2P

Nature reveals its beauty: Sentinel-2 captured lenticular clouds encircling the towering Klyuchevskaya Sopka #Volcano in #Kamchatka. Soon after, Sentinel-3 observed a fresh Strombolian eruption breaking through dense cloud cover. Explore the sequence on our #BCEarthGallery blog! 👉 bit.ly/4lwINeh

🌊 This July, an extensive algal bloom spread across the Baltic Sea, clearly visible from space thanks to fewer clouds than last year. Our #BCEarthGallery blog shows striking satellite images from 18 and 21 July. #BalticSea #AlgalBloom #EarthObservation #OceanColour 👉 bit.ly/4mvzJYE