Pierre Markuse - Mostly posts about remote sensing and geography, some (American) politics, and whatever comes to mind.

Alexandroupolis Fire Burn Scar Before/After Images

ByPierre Markuse August 30th, 2023

A quick SWIR view before (July 27th)/after (August 28th) comparison of the burn scar of the 2023 fire near Alexandroupolis, Greece. Images are about 76 kilometers wide. Keep in mind that the fire was still ongoing at that point, so this is not the ultimate extent of the burn scar.…

Remote Sensing | Science

QuickFire 1.0 – Visualizing Fires in the Sentinel Hub EO Browser

ByPierre Markuse September 21st, 2022September 27th, 2022

Visualizing fires (and other hot spots) Some of you may know my older custom script to visualize fires in the Sentinel Hub EO Browser. It has been used to a degree surpassing my expectations and a simplified, hardcoded version of it has even been added to the EO Browser as…

Remote Sensing | Science

Satellite images – Recap 2020

ByPierre Markuse December 31st, 2020

2020 Recap - Looking at some of the more beautiful and interesting satellite images I processed in 2020. Wildfires, glaciers, volcanoes, and more - from space. Lean back, take a look and see how fascinating Earth can look in satellite images.

Remote Sensing | Science

Satellite images – Recap 2019

ByPierre Markuse December 31st, 2019

Taking a look at some of the more beautiful and interesting satellite images I processed in 2019. Wildfires, glaciers, volcanoes, and more - from space. Lean back, take a look and see how fascinating Earth can look in satellite images.

Remote Sensing | Science

Sentinel-1 SAR data Visualization in EO Browser using a Custom Script

ByPierre Markuse October 22nd, 2019December 7th, 2019

A versatile custom script to create visualizations from Sentinel-1 SAR data within the Sentinel Hub EO Browser. Easily adaptable and extendable to add more visualizations.

Remote Sensing | Science

Looking at Wildfires (and more…) – An Introduction

ByPierre Markuse September 17th, 2019September 17th, 2019

A small introduction into wildfires and how to create wildfire (and other) satellite images using mostly the EO Browser and tools like GIMP and Photoshop.

Remote Sensing | Science

Before/After Comparison of the July/August 2019 Greenland Wildfire

ByPierre Markuse August 19th, 2019

Take a look at these before/after images of the July/August 2019 Greenland wildfire in Qeqqata Kommunia near Sisimiut.

Remote Sensing | Science

Sentinel-3 data Visualization in EO Browser using a Custom Script

ByPierre Markuse March 26th, 2019March 26th, 2019

A basic custom script to create natural color images and other visualizations from Sentinel-3 data in the Sentinel Hub EO Browser. Easily adaptable to add more visualizations.

Remote Sensing | Science

Satellite images – Recap 2018

ByPierre Markuse January 2nd, 2019

Taking a look at some of the more beautiful and interesting satellite images I processed in 2018. Wildfires, glaciers, volcanoes, and more - from space. Lean back, take a look, and see how fascinating Earth can look in satellite images.

Remote Sensing | Science

Satellite Image Guide for Journalists and Media

ByPierre Markuse December 18th, 2018April 4th, 2019

Using satellite images A picture is worth a thousand words. Most journalists will agree that this still holds true, and therefore satellite images can be worth a lot to journalists and media outlets. So you would like to use a satellite image in your article and you would like to…