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Landsat 9 Sees Buccaneer Archipelago

In the sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia, jagged landforms reach like fingers into the turquoise-blue ocean waters. Along the coastline north of Derby, they used to reach even farther. But rising sea levels submerged part of the coastal landscape, giving rise to hundreds of islands and low-lying reefs that compose the Buccaneer Archipelago.

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Danish Astronaut Strikes Gold for DTU Space

September 2015 will be remembered as the month when Denmark completed its apprenticeship as a Space-faring nation. Danish ESA astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, was launched on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), and not only did the mission proceed with textbook precision, the patient astronaut collected valuable lightning data for DTU Space.

Andreas Mogensen captures first pictures of thunderclouds and lightning

Andreas Mogensen, Denmark’s first astronaut, has successfully photographed thunderclouds during his IRISS mission on the International Space Station. The images are likely to provide researchers with deep insight into thunderclouds and giant lightning bolts. Picture: ESA.

Andreas Mogensen to film lightning and thunderstorms from space

During his 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Danish ESA-astronaut, Andreas Mogensen will film lightning and thunderstorms from the ISS. He will carry out Project Thor as a pilot experiment for the coming ASIM mission aboard the ISS. See the full story in on the Danish National Space Institute website

New knowledge about thunderstorm effects on the climate

For the first time researchers are able to describe thundercloud activity in the stratosphere. The research is based on videos captured by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his time at the International Space Station. The study has just been published in Geophysical Research Letters. Picture: NASA

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