Earth from Space: Yellow River, Sea and sand by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.A través de Flickr: Northern China is pictured in this image acquired by Envisat’s MERIS instrument on 8 February 2012. The North China Plain dominates the image, bordered on the north and west by mountains, with the Yellow Sea to the east. Flowing northeast across the Plain we can see the Yellow River – China’s second longest – before it empties into the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. In the upper left portion of the image near the mountains, China’s capital Beijing looks like a shaded circle. Credits: ESA
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Earth from Space: Yellow River, Sea and sand by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.

A través de Flickr:
Northern China is pictured in this image acquired by Envisat’s MERIS instrument on 8 February 2012. The North China Plain dominates the image, bordered on the north and west by mountains, with the Yellow Sea to the east. Flowing northeast across the Plain we can see the Yellow River – China’s second longest – before it empties into the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. In the upper left portion of the image near the mountains, China’s capital Beijing looks like a shaded circle.

Credits: ESA

Earth from Space: Caribbean islands by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.A través de Flickr: The Caribbean country of Cuba is pictured in this image from the Envisat satellite. In the southeast, the dark coastal area is home to the Sierra Maestra mountains, Cuba’s highest mountain range. Off the southern coast is the Isle of Youth, the country’s second largest island. Northwest of Cuba, we can see the tip of the Florida Keys, a coral archipelago belonging to the US state of Florida. This image is a compilation of three images from Envisat’s MERIS instrument, acquired on 15 April, 23 April and 12 May 2011. The images were stitched together to obtain a nearly cloudless view of the island. For more information, please visit: www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM8C3VTP4H_index_0.html Credits: ESA
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Earth from Space: Caribbean islands by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.

A través de Flickr:
The Caribbean country of Cuba is pictured in this image from the Envisat satellite. In the southeast, the dark coastal area is home to the Sierra Maestra mountains, Cuba’s highest mountain range. Off the southern coast is the Isle of Youth, the country’s second largest island. Northwest of Cuba, we can see the tip of the Florida Keys, a coral archipelago belonging to the US state of Florida.

This image is a compilation of three images from Envisat’s MERIS instrument, acquired on 15 April, 23 April and 12 May 2011. The images were stitched together to obtain a nearly cloudless view of the island.

For more information, please visit: www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM8C3VTP4H_index_0.html

Credits: ESA

Earth from Space: Pine Island cracked by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.A través de Flickr: This Envisat image shows the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica and reveals a crack in the glacier’s tongue about 25 km long. The image was acquired by Envisat’s radar on 6 April 2012, just two days before contact with the satellite was lost. Over its ten-year lifetime, Envisat’s radar imagery was constantly used to monitor ice in the Antarctic. Satellite radars are particularly useful over polar regions because they can see through clouds and darkness. For more information and a high resolution version of this image, please visit: www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMI6F5XX2H_index_0.html Credits: ESA
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Earth from Space: Pine Island cracked by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.

A través de Flickr:
This Envisat image shows the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica and reveals a crack in the glacier’s tongue about 25 km long. The image was acquired by Envisat’s radar on 6 April 2012, just two days before contact with the satellite was lost.

Over its ten-year lifetime, Envisat’s radar imagery was constantly used to monitor ice in the Antarctic. Satellite radars are particularly useful over polar regions because they can see through clouds and darkness.

For more information and a high resolution version of this image, please visit: www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMI6F5XX2H_index_0.html

Credits: ESA

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