First images From Copernicus Sentinel-5A

First images From Copernicus Sentinel-5A

Handout photo dated October 13, 2025 shows Copernicus Sentinel-5A has delivered its first images after its launch on 13 August 2025, marking a significant milestone in the monitoring of air quality from space. The Sentinel-5 mission provides observations of key air pollutants, essential climate variables, and stratospheric ozone, which is the protective layer shielding life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. This visualisation, created with Sentinel-5A data acquired on 13 October 2025, shows atmospheric concentrations of two trace gases: ozone (O₃) and formaldehyde (HCHO). The image on the left presents the formaldehyde vertical column density. Elevated concentrations along the northwestern coast of Angola are linked to emissions from wildfires, while increased levels over the Central African Republic stem from a combination of fire activity and biogenic emissions. The image on the right shows a global map of ozone. The hole in stratospheric ozone above Antarctica is clearly visible, with column den

16th Affordable Art Fair concludes in Amsterdam

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Pumpkin garden created in central Amsterdam for Halloween

STORY: Pumpkin garden created in central Amsterdam for Halloween DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. variables of the pumpkin garden STORYLINE: As Halloween is around the corner, decorations have appeared on the streets in central Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. A pumpkin garden has attracted tourists and passers-by. Pumpkins of various shapes, colors and sizes could be seen at the neighborhood garden, which was created by local residents on a bridge. Local people and tourists stop by and take pictures at the pumpkin garden. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amsterdam. (XHTV)