Featured Images
2018 Winter Olympics This 300 m false-colour scene of Pyeongchang in South Korea was captured by Proba-V on 21 January 2018, just two weeks before the Winter Olympics 2018. It shows the northern part of the country, highlighting the mountains as a white network against the red tones of the vegetation. With the 2018 edition of the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympics, South Korea hosts its second Olympics after the Summer Games of Seoul hosted back in 1988. In late October, the Olympic torch set off on its journey from Greece, reaching South Korea on 01 November 2017. There, it was relayed by 7,500 torchbearers, representing the country's 75 million population, to reach the opening ceremony on 09 February 2018. By adding four new disciplines, this international event will involve the first Winter Games to extend over 100 medals spread across 15 sports.
© ESA-BELSPO 2017, produced by VITO |
Earth Watching
The Earth Watching project is an ESA/ESRIN service to help local authorities and to promote the benefits of remote sensing data during emergencies, sending images and articles to newspapers, magazines and TV stations. The Earth Watching website features not only imagery of natural disasters, but also promotes various satellite remote sensing applications through images and articles. Some examples are shown in the special events part of the website. |
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