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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 10h

Good afternoon from Brussels, where the @horizoneu.bsky.social @landsealot.bsky.social conference "Land-Sea 2026, Shaping an observation strategy together" takes place today. The first panel discusses new #solutionsforobserving the #landseainterface

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 12h

Offshore wind turbines can leave their mark on the sea — quite literally. 🌊 #Sentinel2 reveals striking sediment plumes behind turbine foundations in the shallow waters off eastern China. Our new #BCEarthGallery post explores these patterns. #EarthObservation #Sediment Check it out: bit.ly/4rAXtO5

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A cloud formation stretching hundreds of kilometres across #Alberta - far above a layer of wildfire smoke. 🛰️ Our latest #BCEarthGallery post explores this striking example of High Lee Clouds observed by #Sentinel2 and #Sentinel3: 👉 bit.ly/4dN9Lgy #EarthObservation #Clouds #Atmosphere #Canada

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BC at the Ocean Optics Conference XXVII in Ghent, Belgium. After an interesting Sunday with workshops on #Aquaverse and #Stream (by NASA) and another one on #Polarisation, the conference started on Monday with a lot of interesting talks and our poster session. @oceanopticsconf.bsky.social

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🌋 Mount Etna erupted again in August 2026. A Sentinel-2 image taken on 11 August shows the volcano during its most intense phase. A SWIR image clearly reveals the thermal anomalies and active lava flows. Read the full story in our new #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/46WeqsQ #Sentinel2 #Etna #RemoteSensing

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice lies a landscape of extraordinary shapes. From space, the peaks of the remote Geikie Peninsula look almost unreal. But their remarkable forms are the result of millions of years of volcanism and glacial erosion. Have a look at our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/3UIXOC3

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🛰️ A spectacular phytoplankton bloom covered parts of the Gulf of Maine in June and July. Two major bloom zones developed: a greenish southern bloom of likely diatoms, dinoflagellates and other, and a much larger, milky-blue bloom along the coast. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery: 👉 tinyurl.com/mrxekce8

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 27/08/2025

Today is the first #WorldLakeDay, designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of #lakes. Discover just how vital these ecosystems are to life as we know it on Earth, & some of our work at PML using #satellite data to monitor & protect them: pml.ac.uk/news/celebra...

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Celebrating the first World Lake Day

Today – 27th August – is the first World Lake Day, designated last year by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness of the importance of lakes, and the need to ‘preserve, conserve,

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ECMWF @ecmwf.int · 27/08/2026

Over the last 30 years, lakes globally have warmed by ~0.22°C per decade. In Europe, the rate of warming is faster, at ~0.33°C per decade. On #WorldLakeDay, take a closer look at the findings on European lakes in the European State of the Climate 2025. ➡️ climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025/l...

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

💧 Today is #WorldLakeDay! Lakes are changing - and satellites help us see it. Over the last 30 years, lakes globally have warmed by ~𝟬.𝟮𝟮°𝗖 per decade, and in Europe by ~𝟬.𝟯𝟯°𝗖. Read more: bit.ly/CCI_LSWT How we can measure lake restoration? Listen to the new FutureLakes podcast: bit.ly/FutureLakes

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🌊 A wave in the sky? This #Sentinel2 image shows a compact packet of trapped gravity waves over the Baltic Sea, with unusual hair-like cloud bridges between the wave bands. A comparable structure has only been observed over the Yellow Sea in 2022. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4xfJcIM

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌊 𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 is active right now, with a strong event forecast through year's end. Our C3S tutorial shows how to compare El Niño years using Ocean Colour & Sea Surface Temperature data from the Climate Data Store, to spot Chl and SST anomalies: download, visualise, aggregate, analyse: 👉 bit.ly/4xEOYDy

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌊 Low tide in Saint John Harbor: The Bay of Fundy is famous for its extreme tides, with tidal ranges of up to 17 m. But its powerful tidal currents also create fascinating oceanographic phenomena. Visit our #BCEarthGallery to explore the full story: 👉 bit.ly/4bVcHHg #Sentinel2 #RemoteSensing #Ocean

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

💧 New Sentinel-3 atmospheric data from EUMETSAT! Near-Real-Time Total Column Water Vapour products use Sentinel-3 OLCI observations. We’re particularly pleased that Brockmann Consult’s IdePix cloud classification is directly implemented in the operational COWA processing software. 👉 bit.ly/TCWV-H2O

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Khar Nuur, in western Mongolia, is a shallow lake with a remarkable underwater landscape. Satellite images show stable sandbanks and sharp stripes that become visible after the ice breaks up in spring. Discover more in our new #BCEarthGallery blogpost: 👉 bit.ly/4hkzHD5 #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

After Europe’s recent heatwave, here’s something refreshingly different. 🧊 This #Sentinel2 image shows the ice-covered Kane Basin and Peabody Bay, where cracks, trapped icebergs and remarkable circular ice formations create stunning Arctic patterns. Visit our #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/3RF30Wx

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A spectacular Sentinel-3 image captures a sediment plume stretching over 1,200 km across the North Sea-from the Thames Estuary to near Gothenburg. Rivers, tides and currents create an impressive natural pattern… or maybe a little dragon. 🐉🌊 Visit our new #BCEarthGallery article: 👉 bit.ly/3TYtaEd

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esaclimate @esaclimate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In our next webinar on 22 July, Emilio Chuvieco will present the aims and key results of ESA's Climate Change Initiative Fire project, which produces burned area datasets at up to 250 m resolution, providing one of the most detailed and consistent long-term records of fire activity: t1p.de/xuyrj

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🌊🛰️ Spring transformed the Mid-Atlantic Bight into shades of green, turquoise and milky blue. Sentinel-2 captured a large phytoplankton bloom shaped by upwelling, warming waters and nutrient-rich river inflow. Read the story in our new #BCEarthGallery blog: 👉 bit.ly/4fppHqG #OceanColour

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Algae bloom in the Mid-Atlantic Bight - Brockmann Consult

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@esa.int #BIOMASS mission carries a P-band SAR sensor for #forestbiomass and #forestheight mapping. The long P-band wavelength enables analysis in densely vegetated areas. 💻The @esa-snap.bsky.social #SNAP Microwave Toolbox supports the first generation BIOMASS products. medium.com/@esa.snap/na...

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🛰️ What looks like the remains of a huge building is in fact a 170 km² agricultural complex in eastern Bolivia. From space, the regular grid of fields and patches of woodland shows how human land use is reshaping entire landscapes. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery post: 👉 bit.ly/4vPtWSd

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Agriculture in Eastern Bolivia - Brockmann Consult

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Long June days and unusually high temperatures fueled this year’s algal bloom in the Baltic Sea. 🌊 Sentinel-3 captured the bloom across the central Baltic, while a Sentinel-2 image revealed stunning details between Gotland and Saaremaa. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery article! 👉 bit.ly/4fjxaHE

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Multiple von Kármán vortex streets emerge downstream of the Kuril Islands as cold air flows through the island chain. Satellite imagery beautifully reveals the hidden dynamics of atmospheric flow. Explore the full story on our #BCEarthGallery blog! 👉 bit.ly/4apHkno #EarthObservation #Meteorology

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A natural neural network? Not quite. 🌍 This striking pattern in southern #Namibia is the result of rare rainfall, shallow depressions, and vegetation growing alongside channels that retain moisture in the Kalahari sands. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4w6L71t #RemoteSensing #Copernicus

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The wind blowing across Bornholm generated atmospheric gravity waves, whilst eddies formed in the boundary layer above the sea. Together, they created a fascinating checkerboard-like pattern, clearly visible from space. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery blog: 🛰️ 👉 bit.ly/4e9hV3F #BalticSea #Sentinel2B

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esaclimate @esaclimate.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

New webinar: Join Abigail Waring to learn about land surface temperature: what it is, how satellites measure it, and why it is important for climate research. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

An almost perfectly semicircular wave formed in Colombia’s Golfo de Morrosquillo. Under sunglint conditions, a wave with a radius of 5.3 km became visible – and its centre points directly towards a mooring buoy and a 215-metre-long ship. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog: 🛰️ 👉 bit.ly/4vB3Ku5

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Sunset Mountains in Arizona 🇺🇸 reveal more than geology. Millions of years of erosion shaped these colourful plateaus, while from space their outlines resemble mythical creatures. One even looks like a winged horse.🛰️ #Sentinel2 Find out more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/4fgfqNZ

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Kashagan in the northern Caspian Sea is one of the world’s largest recent oil discoveries. #Sentinel2 imagery reveals artificial islands, ship traffic, and submerged pipeline structures beneath the shallow water surface. #EO #SatelliteImagery Visit our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/4fIBy3z

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Sentinel2 captures remarkable tidal patterns in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. The bay’s huge tidal range creates extensive mudflats and fascinating eddy structures near shallow sandbanks. Read more in our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/3Rjs0SA #RemoteSensing #Copernicus #Oceanography

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📣Eozilla 0.1.0 is out! #OpenSource Eozilla is a #Python tool suite for #EarthObservation processors, workflow orchestration, and #OGCAPI - Processes, incl. tools for Docker/Airflow packaging, and API/CLI/GUI clients. Available on PyPI & conda-forge. 👉https://github.com/eo-tools/eozilla

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

These aren’t craters. Satellite images reveal large ring-shaped structures in Antarctica’s meltwater basins, some of which persist for decades. Find out more about this rare and yet little-documented phenomenon in our new #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4tbpz1B #Sentinel2 #RemoteSensing #Cryosphere

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Flood, drought, refill: the Menindee Lakes in Australia are constantly changing. New Sentinel-2 data reveals how fast water, colour and vegetation patterns shift in this highly dynamic lake system. Visit our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/4vUNRzI #EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #Hydrology

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Lake Magadi (Kenya) shines deep red – and it’s completely natural. Extreme salinity fuels algae & archaea producing protective pigments. Captured by #Sentinel2. A striking example of life in extreme environments. Read more in our #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4c8WeQo #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Bright orange coastlines in Indonesia? This Sentinel-2 image reveals a large nickel deposit — a key resource for steel and EV batteries. Barges offshore are waiting to transport the ore. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery blog post: 👉 bit.ly/4c881wT #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation #EnergyTransition

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/47BW9C1 #SatelliteImagery #Antarctica

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/4sHjeM8 #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #Kelp #Ocean

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/4dEEayp

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/4sJXtL3

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/3OWZo0i #EarthObservation #Sentinel2 #Agriculture

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Water quality from space 🌊 Two early career scientists present research on chlorophyll-a, suspended solids & seagrass monitoring using EO data at the upcoming GEO AquaWatch Water Talks. Strong science, relevant topics – worth tuning in 👇 #RemoteSensing #WaterQuality #EarthObservation

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GEO AquaWatch - Quality Water for All! @geoaquawatch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Dr. El Serafy's talk at 12:00 UTC + more #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

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GEO AquaWatch - Quality Water for All! @geoaquawatch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Ms. Roca's talk at 13:15 UTC #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

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GEO AquaWatch - Quality Water for All! @geoaquawatch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧪🛰️💧📅19 Mar ⏰ 12:00-14:00 UTC 📣💦🌊💧Join us for the 3rd Annual Water Talks Webinar! Hear Ms. Fernandes talk at 12:30 UTC #earlycareer #globalsouth #waterquality #earthobservation Please share with your network! Read Abstracts and find meeting link here: www.geoaquawatch.org/future-geo-a...

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/40zm9tI

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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. Check out our new #BCEarthGallery: 👉 bit.ly/4tNadC0

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/4l307ct

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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: 👉 bit.ly/4bT3HDi

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Brockmann Consult @brockmannconsult.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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! 👉 bit.ly/4ahjUQ7

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