ESA shares Sentinel-3B thermal image of Europe's record heat waves

The Sentinel-3B satellite captured land and sea surface temperatures during record-breaking heat waves across Southern Europe this summer. Land temperatures exceeded 40 C in parts of Spain and North Africa, and the Mediterranean also warmed sharply. ESA Earth observation head Simonetta Cheli presented the image.

• Land temperatures in Spain and North Africa topped 40 C in places
• Image was taken by the SLSTR instrument on Sentinel-3B
• Eight European countries set land surface temperature records
• ESA launched successor Sentinel-3C in September