Satellite Imagery: Algae Bloom
28th July 2020
The images below, taken by ESA's SENTINEL-2 show Algae Blooms over the Baltic.
This image of an algal bloom in the central Baltic Sea was captured by S...
Satellites: Sun Synchronus Orbits
28th July 2020
Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is a particular kind of polar orbit, see picture below.
Satellites in SSO, travelling over the polar regions, are "synchronous" with the...
Satellite Imagery: Utah’s Great Salt Lake
27th July 2020
The image below is from Utah’s Great Salt Lake, taken with SENTINEL-2
This image was taken on 17 March 2019 by ESA's Sentinel-2
The lake, which is the ...
Satellite Imagery: Tracking Dust over Sahara
27th July 2020
The image below, from the NOAA, is showing dust moving over the Sahara. The image was taken on June 16, 2020, by the GOES-East satellite.
The plume of dust from t...