Here at SkyTruth, we depend on our friends at the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for their support in providing access to data and images from their fleets of government-operated satellites. The Sentinel missions are pairs of satellites that are part of the Copernicus program at ESA. Sentinel 1 […]
A large wildfire has scorched an area just 15 kilometers west-southwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power complex, a site infamous for a meltdown in 1986 that is considered the world’s deadliest and costliest nuclear power plant accident. This is uncomfortably close: anything within 30 kilometers of the power plant site lies within the so-called “Zone […]
SkyTruth has been doing a lot of work recently on the problem of tracking vessels way out in the ocean, and figuring out what they’re doing. A useful level of “maritime domain awareness” is key to effectively managing marine protected areas, enforcing fisheries laws to reduce the global scourge of illegal fishing, and mitigating pollution […]
Here at SkyTruth we are always trying to reduce our carbon footprint, which is why I have started riding my bicycle in to work. The problem is that my house is about 3 miles away from the office, and the road that gets me there has no shoulder, no shade, tight corners and too many […]
The Wallow wjldfire in Arizona near the New Mexico border has grown to the 2nd-largest wildfire in the state’s history. Now there is concern that it could cause some power blackouts (ABC story and videos). Here’s what this thing looks like on a NASA MODIS satellite image taken yesterday at 1:25 pm local time. The […]