The best place for celebrating #BastilleDay is Paris, of course, where the French Revolution started in 1789.
Two years ago (30 Nov – 11 Dec 2015), Paris drew the world’s attention once again as leaders met there for the COP21 climate conference.
Satellites play a critical role in providing essential information for the health of our planet – from mapping ice in the polar regions to monitoring deforestation and urban growth, as can be seen in this capture of Paris by Copernicus EU Sentinel-2A.
Read more: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/11/Paris_in_focus
Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2015), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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