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Dead Sea

18 December 2018

In this last image for 2018, Proba-V takes a peak at the Dead Sea, on the border of Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, with the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem (grey) to the west.

Southern Alps, New Zealand

11 December 2018

In this May 2018 image, Proba-V glanced at the snow-capped mountains of the Southern Alps, stretching over 500 km along New-Zealand's South Island.

Katowice, Poland

04 December 2018

This week's Proba-V 100m image shows the city of Katowice, southern Poland, host of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP24.

Yellowstone National Park, USA

27 November 2018

These Proba-V images show Yellowstone National Park in the United States during the four seasons, from autumn through to summer.

California, United States

20 November 2018

This week's Proba-V image shows the Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles, and the Camp Fire to the north of Sacramento, between 7 and 17 November 2018.

To mark the UN's World Cities Day on 31 October, Proba-V takes us to the city of Stockholm in Sweden. World Cities Day is a day for raising global awareness and calling to action on the sustainable development of cities worldwide.

Kyoto, Japan

23 October 2018

This week's Proba-V image, acquired on 15 May 2018, promotes GEO Week 2018 and shows Kyoto and Osaka, Japan.

Nicaragua, Central America

16 October 2018

This week's 100m Proba-V image, aims to raise awareness for World Food Day 2018, and shows the pacific coastline of Nicaragua and Lake Managua.

Desert locust monitoring

02 October 2018

This week's 100m Proba-V image shows how satellite data can help monitor desert locust, by creating dynamic greenness maps to highlight areas in need of locust surveying.

Sydney, Australia

25 September 2018

This week's 100m Proba-V image shows the Australian city of Sydney in false-colour.

Hurricane Florence, North Carolina

18 September 2018

This 1 km Proba-V image captures Hurricane Florence over North Carolina on 15 September 2018, a day after the category one storm made landfall in the United States.

Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

10 September 2018

In this week's Proba-V 100m image, acquired in late July, we see the beautiful Yucatán peninsula that separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico and the centre of Mayan civilization.

Shishr, Oman

03 September 2018

In March 2018, Proba-V captured this beautiful 100m image of the confluence of wadis, or valleys, in the Dhofar region of Oman.

Gansu-Zhangye-Gaotai, China

28 August 2018

This 100 m Proba-V image from 4 June 2018 shows the city of Zhangye on the Heihe River in China. This area, part of China's second-largest river basin, greatly aids agriculture.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

20 August 2018

This week's Proba-V false-colour image shows us the island of Hispaniola and the Southern part of the Dominican Replublic in the Caribbean.

Europe's heat wave from space

14 August 2018

These Proba-V 100 m images of 7 August 2017 and 6 August 2018 show there is a clear difference in vegetation color after the heatwave over Europe.

Lake Afrera, Ethiopia

07 August 2018

This Proba-V 100 m image of 11 February 2018, shows Lake Afrera, a hypersaline lake located in the Danakil Depression in Northern Ethiopia.

Australia

30 July 2018

This week's Proba-V 100m resolution image shows Australia, a country with a large ecological footprint and home to a diverse range of habitats and unique biota.