
California Fires in Sentinel-2 images
During this week, part of California has been devastating by a high number of fires. In particular the area burnt down is the Ventura County, extending the south part of the state. The RGB image below has been captured on 05 December 2017 by Sentinel-2B and shows the area affected by the fires. In this

Volcanoes seen by Sentinel-2
On Earth, 500-600 Volcanoes exist. A volcano is a relief of the terrestrial crust (submarine or air) formed by the ejection and stacking material from the rise of magma in the form of lava ash. Volcanic activity can take several forms; each of them depends on the quantity of gases present in the magma and

Firebreaks over Portugal
Last Saturday Portugal has faced one of the biggest wildfire in its history. Hundreds of firefighters and more than 150 vehicles have been dispatched in order to counteract the flames spreading, fires that even after 24 hours were still churning across the forested hillsides of central Portugal, causing around 62 casualties. The largest part of