The ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows what the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock desert looks like from space. This image was snapped on August 26, 2024, showcasing the region’s lava beds and alkali flats, while the white, sandy area in the southwestern part of the desert is where the Burning Man festival takes place annually.
Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is situated within the Great Basin Desert, the largest in the United States, covering an arid swath of some 492 000 sq km. What the Great Basin is most notable for is its internal drainage system, in which precipitation never reaches an outlet to the sea. This has resulted in a recurrent pattern of valleys and rugged north-south mountain ranges, like those visible in brown around the sandy area.
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites flying in the same orbit but 180° apart, to cover all of Earth’s land and coastal waters every five days,” said the ESA.
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