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\nRussia\u2019s frozen Lake Chany dusted by snow, as seen by ESA\u2019s Proba-V Earth-observing minisatellite.\n<\/p>\n
\nSitting just north of the border with Kazakhstan, Lake Chany is a large but shallow freshwater lake surrounded by wetlands, salt marshes and birch and aspen forests, making it an important stop for birds migrating southwards from colder Siberia.\n<\/p>\n
\nLaunched on 7 May 2013, Proba-V<\/a> is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days.\n<\/p>\n \nIts main camera\u2019s continent-spanning 2250 km swath width collects light in the blue, red, near-infrared and mid-infrared wavebands at 300 m resolution and down to 100 m resolution in its central field of view.\n<\/p>\n \nVITO Remote Sensing in Belgium processes and then distributes Proba-V data to users worldwide. An online image gallery<\/a> highlights some of the mission\u2019s most striking images so far, including views of storms, fires and deforestation.\n<\/p>\n \nThis 100 m-resolution image was acquired on 1 December 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nRussia’s frozen Lake Chany dusted by snow, as seen by ESA’s Proba-V Earth-observing minisatellite.\n<\/p>\n \nSitting just north of the border with Kazakhstan, Lake Chany is a large but shallow freshwater lake surrounded by wetlands, salt marshes and birch and aspen forests, making it an important stop for birds migrating southwards from colder Siberia.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n