Sentinel-2A dips its toe into the water

With spectacular images of an algal bloom in the Baltic Sea, ESA’s Sentinel-2A has announced its arrival to the ocean colour community. As we highlighted an earlier blog, Sentinel-2A was launched in June predominately as a land monitoring mission. However, … Continue reading

New Horizons for Remote Sensing

You can’t have failed to have seen the amazing images of Pluto taken by the New Horizon spacecraft over the last week. What you may not have thought about, is that these images are taken using remote sensing technology. Remote … Continue reading

What do colours mean in satellite imagery?

Satellite images are a kaleidoscope of colours, all vying for attention. It’s important to be clear what the colours are showing, and more importantly, what they may not be showing, to interpret the image correctly. For example, a patch of … Continue reading