Satellite

Pictures of the Earth from the Sentinel-2 satellites, which photograph every place on land every few days, and what they measure: how much of a fire burned, how much water is in a reservoir, what has been built since 2018. Every picture names its satellite and its day.

Places of changeTSMC Arizona5% of the picture is new since 2018.Oct 23, 2026Recent eventsLittle Giant fire, Washington53% of the land inside the perimeter burned moderately or worse.Oct 23, 2026Recent eventsLake Mead243 km² of open water; 4 of the 90 months measured since 2018 had less.Oct 3, 2026

Recent events

The fires and the water the site already reports, measured again from orbit.

• 7 wildfires over 40,000 acres this year
• 4 western reservoirs, every month since 2018

Places of change

Places where the years since 2018 are plain from space, a picture a year.

• Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia
• New Administrative Capital, Egypt
• Stargate, Abilene, Texas
• TSMC Arizona, Arizona
• Data center alley, Virginia
• Lahaina, Hawaii

Explore

Any place on Earth, any two years since 2018: drag between them, switch to vegetation or water, and measure what changed.

• Search capitals, fires, reservoirs and places of change
• Share what you find with a link

The pictures are Copernicus Sentinel-2 surface reflectance (European Union, European Space Agency), read through satellitedata.net. What each number means, and how often each page is refreshed, is on the Sources page.