Earth Day is intended to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our planet for future generations.
Europe is a world leader in Earth Observation. The Earth Explorer and Copernicus programs provide crucial data for environmental services and foster the development of cutting-edge technologies for the study and understanding of our planet.
Through ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, long-term data records provide a crucial line of evidence and hard data, enabling scientists and decision-makers to take action to curb emissions and their adverse effects on climate change.
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In 2009 the United Nations General Assembly designated April 22 as International Mother Earth Day.
Mississippi River
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Mississippi River is featured in this multi-temporal radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. A zoom of an area of the image is presented to show its high resolution.
Rhine River, Germany
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This composite image was created by combining three separate Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) layers from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Each colour in this week’s image represents the average NDVI value of an entire season between 2018 and 2021.
Flevoland, the Netherlands
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This image combines three radar acquisitions from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission taken about two months apart to show change in crop and land conditions over time.
