Dan Potts
@sentinel_danp
Earth Observation 🛰 🌍 🔥 🌊 🛰
PhD Student at the University of Leicester
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Want to do a PhD on Mars’ radiation with me Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester to characterize the impact of space weather and the radiation environment on space instrumentation and exploration? Deadline 19th January!! le.ac.uk/study/research…
Every winter, the Po Valley in Northern Italy experiences poor #AirQuality as temperature inversions trap pollutants against the mountains, such as Nitrogen Dioxide shown here. TROPOMI Copernicus EU ESA Earth Observation
The "Door to hell", a gas-filled pit that's been burning for 50 years, as seen by #Sentinel2 using a SWIR overlay to identify active burning 🔥🛰️ Processed with Sentinel Hub using a modified version of Pierre Markuse script, data from Copernicus EU ESA Earth Observation
#Glastonbury festival has begun! It attracts over 200,000 people, making it easy to spot from space! 🛰️ Observations from Planet via Space Park Leicester Glastonbury Festival BBC Glastonbury Glastonbury Live
Yesterday I passed my PhD Viva with minor corrections! 3.5 years of work and 3.5 hours of viva later 🥂 Massive thanks to my supervisors Josh Vande Hey, Emma Ferranti, Roger Timmis and Harj Sembhi for all the support, and I'm excited to continue working together!
When you hear about #wildfires in the #Amazon its sometimes hard to truly appreciate the scale. This animation shows smoke from these record-breaking fires consuming most of the region, a disaster for both health and the environment🛰️🔥 Made with Sentinel Hub & NOAA Satellites