Some Antarctic “ice” formations seem surprisingly well-organized.
Recent Sentinel-2 scenes show structures that appear, assemble… and disappear again.
Not something you see every day – a new species?
Visit our #BCEarthGallery for further insight:
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#SatelliteImagery #Antarctica

A flower-shaped reef in the Kerguelen Islands?
NIR satellite imagery reveals a striking underwater structure hosting a ~2 km² kelp forest — and signs of regional decline.
Check out our new #BCEarthGallery article:
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#EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #Kelp #Ocean

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:
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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:
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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:
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#EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #Agriculture

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:
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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.
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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:
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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:
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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!
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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:
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#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:
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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.
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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.
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#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:
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#InternalWaves #CelebesSea #RemoteSensing #Sentinel2 #Oceanography

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.
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#Greenland #RemoteSensing #Glaciers

Mysterious Formations in Great Bahama Bank

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:
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#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

Severnaya Zemlya Glaciers

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:
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#Glaciers #Arctic #EarthObservation #Cryosphere

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.

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#Arctic #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ClimateScience

Autumn leaf colors

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:
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#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:
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#Iceland #Glacier #Sentinel2 #ClimateChange #EOData

Turquoise swirls of a large phytoplankton bloom off Vancouver Island and Washington State, seen in a clear satellite view of the Pacific Ocean.

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:
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#Phytoplankton #Copernicus #EarthObservation

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

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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:
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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

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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!
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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

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!
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