Sentinel-2A conducted its first ever scan of Earth on June 27th . The event was this gorgeous range of a function of the Sahara in central Algeria , showing a splendid terrain of rocks and guts .
Sentinel-2 is the second ofsix contrive Sentinel missions . A pair of satellite with multispectral high - resolution tomography system , Sentinel 2 will be used to go after realm use , vegetation stress , soil and body of water covering , or planet imaging for emergency brake response . This Sahara photo is only one of the first photos cull up by the satellite , the rest period beingshots of Europe .
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