{"id":257617,"date":"2026-08-07T21:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:48:21","slug":"europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The wildfires afflicting communities across the world can now be tracked more easily by anyone using Europe\u2019s free and open satellite imagery service\u2014all thanks to a wildfire visualization script originating from nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu\/\">Copernicus Browser<\/a> provides free access to the latest satellite imagery taken by the European Space Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/The_Sentinel_missions\">Sentinel satellites<\/a> for the European Union\u2019s Earth observation program. The three satellites of the Sentinel-2 mission have proven especially useful for <a href=\"https:\/\/forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu\/\">wildfire monitoring<\/a> by providing multi-spectral imaging at resolutions as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/data\/instruments\/sentinel-2-msi\">granular as 10 meters<\/a> in visible light and near-infrared bands\u2014and the Copernicus Browser previously offered 10 default visualization layers using different combinations of spectral bands.<\/p>\n<p>Now Copernicus Browser has also added a straightforward \u201cwildfires\u201d visualization layer for Sentinel-2 imagery that went live on August 4. Anyone clicking on this layer while looking at a wildfire location can see active fires in white or yellow, burning vegetation in red, and burned landscapes in dark brown or black.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wildfires afflicting communities across the world can now be tracked more easily by anyone using Europe\u2019s free and open satellite imagery service\u2014all thanks to a wildfire visualization script originating from nearly a decade ago. The Copernicus Browser provides free access to the latest satellite imagery taken by the European Space Agency\u2019s Sentinel satellites for the European Union\u2019s Earth observation program. 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