Earth from Space: Santiago, Chile

Santiago lies within the heart of Chile’s most densely populated area, the Santiago Metropolitan Area, with a inhabitants round eight million, of which 5 million dwell within the metropolis’s city space. Santiago is unfold over greater than 600 sq km with a lot of the metropolis mendacity between 500 to 650 m above imply sea stage.

The climate of Santiago resembles the Mediterranean local weather with dry and warm summers with temperatures reaching as much as 35°C (from October to March) and funky and humid winters that may drop to 0°C (from April to September).

Town lies within the heart of the nation’s central valley round 80 km from the Pacific Ocean to the west and borders Argentina to the east. A tiny a part of Argentina is seen within the top-right nook of the picture the place the mountain crest of the Andes Mountains acts as a divider between the 2 nations.

Cerro El Plomo, 5424 m, is the most important mountain peak seen from Santiago on clear days. There are numerous ski resorts within the snow-covered mountains, in addition to viewpoints providing spectacular views of Santiago.

The Maipo River runs south of town coming from the mountains and is the primary river flowing by the Santiago Metropolitan Area and the Valparaíso Area of Chile. The Maipo River is by far the key supply of irrigation and ingesting water for the area. The Mapocho River, which flows by central Santiago, is one among its tributaries.

Within the high of the picture lies the Los Bronces copper mine and it represents one of many largest copper reserves in Chile. The Paloma Glacier lies simply south of it. Las Tórtolas, seen within the high of the picture, is a man-made lake that’s used for processing the copper ore that comes from Los Bronces by an in depth community of pipes.

Copernicus Sentinel-2 information aren’t solely used to observe plant growth, but additionally to map modifications in land cowl, and monitor the world’s forests in addition to inland and coastal waters. The mission relies on a constellation of two equivalent satellites in the identical orbit, 180° aside for optimum protection and information supply. Collectively they cowl all Earth’s land surfaces, massive islands, inland and coastal waters each 5 days on the equator.