Azul - CLXXVI

• Title Azore islands
• Released 09/10/2015 10:00 am
• Copyright Copernicus Sentinel data (2015)/ESA
• Description
  This Sentinel-1A radar image was processed to depict water in blue and land in earthen colours. It features some of the Azore islands about 1600 km west of Lisbon, including the turtle-shaped Faial, the dagger-like Sao Jorge and Pico Island, with Mount Pico reaching over 2351 m in height.
  The image highlights the differences in the relief of the islands, with volcanoes and mountains clearly standing out.
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Sentinel-1A has been in orbit since April 2014, monitoring the marine environment and mapping water and soil surfaces, among other major applications.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/10/Earth_from_Space_Portuguese_wonders

Azul - MXLVIII

Rosetta e Philae

(ESA)

(12/11/2014)

The Philae lander has separated from the Rosetta orbiter, and is now on its way to becoming the first spacecraft to touch down on a comet.

Separation was confirmed at ESA’s Space Operation Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany at 09:03 GMT / 10:03 CET. It takes the radio signals from the transmitter on Rosetta 28 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth, so separation actually occurred in space at 08:35 GMT / 09:35 CET. (...)

http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/12/rosetta-and-philae-separation-confirmed/