The images captured by the Envisat satellite have given us a new perspective on the planet.
The European Space Agency recently released charming images of Earth captured by the world’s largest space shuttle or the Envisat observation satellite.
Since 2002, the Envisat satellite has been tasked with circling the earth, gathering valuable information on the environment as well as on ongoing climate change around the world. However, the Envisat satellite suddenly disappeared in April 2012. During its 10 years of operation, the satellite has rotated around 50,000 Earth’s orbit and returned over 2,000 photos.
Satellite images sent to the center gave researchers amazing images of Earth, from the Sahara desert to the volcano in the Congo … from a perspective we’ve never seen Already seen.
The image of the cloud sweeping the North Sea was recorded by the Envisat satellite. Denmark is crouched in the lower right corner and Norway is in the center of the image.