Image of the week: The Galápagos Islands on a clear day

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This week’s image of the week is of the Galápagos Islands and was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 13 June 2024.

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25 July 2024

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24 July 2024

The Galápagos are a group of volcanic islands in the eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900km west of South America.

The Galápagos are famous for their large number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin in the 1830s and inspired the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. All of these islands are protected as part of Ecuador's Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve.

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The image was captured by the OLCI instrument onboard one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 13 June 2024.

EUMETSAT operates the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, in cooperation with ESA, and delivers the marine data on behalf of the European Union.

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