Le glissement de terrain de dimanche dernier dans le Tyrol a fait perdre 90 m d'altitude à la verticale du pic sud (Südgipfel) du Fluchthorn. Impressionnant !
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A nice look by TERRA @ 12:49 CEST showing a largely sunny W-Europe. No gaps this time, the native Ubuntu automated recordings appear to work (at least at 45 MHz).
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An astronaut on the International Space Station took this photograph during a rare clear day over Ireland and Great Britain. The wide view captures the contrasting colors of various land cover types present across the two islands
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Humans have pumped so much groundwater that we have measurably shifted Earth's axis. news.agu.org/press-release/
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Say hello to the newest #dinosaur! 👋
A new species of armoured dinosaur has been described from the Isle of Wight and named in honour of Museum scientist ! 🦕
Watch to find out more about the spikey find this #FossilFriday 👇
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Previously known as the Spearpoint ankylosaur, the specimen has been in a private collection since the 80s, but was acquired by Dinosaur Isle in 2021 and will be going on display there!
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I am *absolutely delighted* to see this paper out! Please welcome Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaur from the Wessex Fm of Isle of Wight. It is named after @NHMdinolab to say thank you for being such an important mentor, colleague, supervisor &friend tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108
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We are excited to announce that we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with , the European launch services provider, to study possible future cooperation to answer its customers' requirements.
Read the full announcement here: orbex.space/news/arianespa
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We're closer than ever to finding the first stars in the universe.
Two new papers, using JWST, report tentative hints of so-called Population III stars shortly after the Big Bang. Are they the smoking gun we've been looking for?
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Wow, absolutely beautiful view of the UK today from the Sentinel-3B satellite!
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Blast off! The Sky at Night is back on Monday - which includes a rocket factory, a space claw…to name a few. 🛰️ 👩🚀 #skyatnight
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🟠 Kīlauea #volcano🌋 eruption, Hawaii, #USA🇺🇸 11 June 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ▶️ flic.kr/p/2oGAEC5 + flic.kr/p/2oGDK92 #RemoteSensing #OpenData #SciComm #Kilauea Images are about 15 kilometers wide
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Alba Orbital is blasting off again! 🚀✨
We're launching 6 PocketQubes on SpaceX's Transporter-8 mission today, marking our 5th orbital campaign and bringing our satellite count to 31 in LEO 🛰️
Join us for the livestream at 21:19 UTC on SpaceX's YouTube▶️ow.ly/5YQv50OLqu1
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1/ #FloodWatch in Ukraine
This analysis covers the full extent of the recent flood. Many towns and villages along the Dnipro River — Nova Kakhovka, Antonivka, Oleshky, Solontsi, and others — have been either partially or completely inundated.
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Perspective on the scale of #CanadaWildfires with #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/CA showing the fire locations/intensity across the country & the incredibly steep increase in emissions since 1 May (up to 9 June) compared to 2003-2022 #wildfire #IIFF
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Breaking: The United States has just announced a $2.1 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
This includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems.
This will help Ukraine better defend itself against Russia.
This will help prevent Russian aggression.
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🟠 Ongoing West Kiskatinaw River #Wildfire🔥, British Columbia, #Canada🇨🇦 - 9 June 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ▶️ flic.kr/p/2oGeaeo #RemoteSensing #OpenData #SciComm #CanadaFires #CanadaWildfires Image is about 37 kilometers wide
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My latest in FT: Slaying space zombies!
Where I borrow “Zombie Statistics” to look at the insane claims about the industry.
Provoked by a conversation with about the price of Starship launch 🚀
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Canada wildfire smoke makes New York air quality worst in the world - here's how it happened
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Two days after the dam breach, changes in Lake Kakhovka shoreline are already visible .. SAR imagery 27 May vs 08 June
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But, no change in the water level in the Zaporizhzhia cooling pond. Interesting comparison to the water level outside the pond!
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⚠️Update | Before/After situation
Remarkable water level increase in the lower Dnipro River, especially in the #Kherson area. #Sentinel3 images acquired the 5, 6 and 7 of June, 2023.
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New Sentinel-3 satellite image from this morning shows the extent of flooding along the Dnipro River (this is using near-infrared)
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You're looking at 45,000+ galaxies.
This image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) — a massive science program that’s revolutionizing what we know about galaxies in the early universe: go.nasa.gov/3CdLq0s
Here are the highlights ⬇️
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A brief look at the flooding on the lower Dnipro earlier today from Sentinel-3.
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Aftermath of #NovaKakhovka dam destruction.
Images taken by #Sentinel3 on June 5 and today.
Data processed in
#Kherson #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar️️ #UkraineWar #war
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My latest #space paper is out, looking at the 'Revolution Space' Moon plans published by 's HLAG in March. I discuss what's required for this grand vision to work. (Hint: it's not "space autonomy")
Foreword by Lord Willetts, Chair .
More: geostrategy.org.uk/research/europ
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NEW RESEARCH
‘Europe’s new “Moonshot” space plan: how should Britain respond?’
In this new Policy Paper, @GElefteriu breaks down Europe’s ‘Revolution Space’ report, identifying areas for improvement and interest to the UK...
Read the paper here 
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🚨 NEW #JWST DEEP FIELD IMAGE ALERT🚨 Part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) program - discovery of hundreds of galaxies that existed when the universe was less than 600 million years old nasa.gov/feature/goddar
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Our team has released three preprints on today. One of these describes engraved panels on the rock walls of the Dinaledi subsystem of the Rising Star cave system, where we have abundant fossil remains of Homo naledi.
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Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did.
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To unearth the secrets of an ancient human relative, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger had to squeeze through a chute seven and a half inches wide—the length of a pencil
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🔵 And make time on June 20th for the upcoming webinar "Open Source Intelligence" by founder . Info ▶️ sentinel-hub.com/explore/educat Register ▶️ events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b8a1373d 3/3
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🔵 You might want to watch the VOD of the "Remote Sensing for Journalists" webinar with journalist talking about the usage of satellite data in journalism. Take a look at it here: youtu.be/-JcpIvHL5Qs 2/3
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🔵 You might have seen a recent tweet by talking about using Sentinel satellite🛰️ imagery for a article even making the front page. Satellite data has a growing importance in #journalism and is a perfect tool for using it. #OSINT 1/3
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Our investigation in today's paper with a @sentinel_hub satellite image on the front page. twitter.com/trbrtc/status/…
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#ImageOfTheDay
The arrival of the meteorological summer has been marked by cloudless skies in many parts of Europe ☀️
⬇️On 1 June, #Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺 🛰️captured one of the first (nearly) cloud-free images of #Ireland of 2023
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I’m not sure this is the right inspiration vehicle. An Prime model or a mock-up would have been a better “show and tell” than a replica of this failed vehicle.
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Blast off! 
We’re in Southampton for the launch of our #SpaceForEveryone tour.
Come to West Bargate to learn more about space careers and stand next to a 72ft replica of a rocket!
Learn more about the tour 
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We’re in Southampton for the launch of our #SpaceForEveryone tour.
Come to West Bargate to learn more about space careers and stand next to a 72ft replica of a rocket!
Learn more about the tour gov.uk/government/new
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🟢 Introducing the #EOBrowser Tutorial series 🎓
Designed to show you its various capabilities, with a focus on the #EducationMode. Whether you are a student, teacher or just interested in #EarthObservation, these tutorials will help you fully understand the app's potential.
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