Covering part of the Eastern Mediterranean this Envisat image is dominated by the island of Cyprus, a former British colony that became independent in 1960....ESA
Earth from Space: Aphrodite’s island
- 02 November 2012
Covering part of the Eastern Mediterranean this Envisat image is dominated by the island of Cyprus, a former British colony that became independent in 1960....MetOp-A captures Hurricane Sandy
- 30 October 2012
Europe's polar orbiting weather satellite, MetOp-A, captured this image of Hurricane Sandy just as the huge storm hit the east coast of the US yesterday. The MetOp programme is developed as a joint undertaking between ESA and Eumetsat for operational meteorology.
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ESA start-up company wins GMES Masters award
- 26 October 2012
The one-man Dutch business BlackShore has won the top prize in the European Earth-monitoring competition. The winning project, Cerberus, exploits social media to advance Earth observation applications....ESA Euronews: Measuring Earth's vital magnetic field
- 26 October 2012
Earth's magnetosphere is an invisible shield, protecting our planet from harmful solar radiation. Many living organisms - from bacteria to insects or birds - seem to rely on Earth's magnetic field to navigate....Satellites keep an eye on Dutch dikes
- 23 October 2012
In the Netherlands, local authorities are looking to satellite observations as a promising option for dike monitoring and to protect against dike failures....Earth from Space: Kimberley
- 19 October 2012
Western Australia’s Kimberley region, with a coastline along the Timor Sea, is pictured in this Envisat image....SnowMonit wins GMES Masters Best Service Challenge
- 16 October 2012
A service designed to improve natural resource management and detect hydropower generation and areas at risk of drought was selected by an online audience as the winner in one of seven categories of the GMES Masters competition....Save the date: selection of ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer
- 15 October 2012
Next spring will mark a significant milestone in the Earth observation calendar. The decision will be taken as to which of the three concepts competing to be the next Earth Explorer satellite mission will be developed and built....South America’s sombrero uplift
- 12 October 2012
In the central Andes mountains, satellites have detected ground deformation under way above a major subterranean magma body....