To mark the first anniversary of the European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, we present a selection of striking images captured over the past 12 months, revealing Earth’s forests, and much more, in new detail. In just one year, this pioneering mission has begun transforming our understanding of forest dynamics and advancing how scientists monitor the critical role forests play in regulating the global carbon cycle.
This image, captured on 19 June 2025, shows the Mekong River in central Cambodia, where the wide, silty waterway flows through a flat alluvial plain dominated by a patchwork of rectangular rice paddies and tropical agricultural land.
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