Europe's deadly June 2026 heat wave captured by Sentinel-3 satellite imagery
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Brett Tingley
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A deadly heat wave swept across Europe in June 2026, breaking temperature records and causing over 1,300 deaths. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite captured land surface temperature data that helps visualize the extreme event and aids researchers in understanding its causes and effects. The data was collected on June 23, 2026, from the satellite's sun-synchronous low Earth orbit.
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· 3 pulledOver 1,300 deaths have been attributed to a heat wave that swept across Europe and broke temperature records earlier this month.
From its perch in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit, Europe's Sentinel-3 satellite captured data that helps visualize the heat wave and aids researchers in understanding both the causes and effects of the atmospheric phenomenon.
Temperatures this high were unprecedented across much of Europe.
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