Satellite image comparison (Sentinel 3) of the UK during the heatwave, and last week

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  1. This is a comparison of images taken with the Sentinel 3 satellite, on the 10th August during the heatwave, and last week on the 18th October (the clearest day I could find for a good comparison). Even with the falling autumn leaves, the country looks a lot greener again. Things recover so quickly, given the chance.

  2. Were Wales, north west England, Northern Ireland and Scotland besides the east coast actually all as unaffected by it as the satellite photo appears to imply?

  3. The difference is less down to dought and more due to the quantity of cereal crops growing in the east. It is important to compare the same month between years.

    Yes, it was exaggerated this year but not as much as the photo has you believe.

    Source: looking out of window of airplane over East anglia during August.

  4. You can see the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Pennines really do keep us wet and them dry.

  5. My grass was green throughout thankfully. Spare a moment for those southerners with their expensive houses, congestion charges and hosepipe bans. Bless them

  6. I’m from North West England and I had no idea how brown and dry a lot of the country was. This really illustrates the severity of the heatwave

  7. Be careful or you’ll summon the folks who claim there was no heatwave/ drought, and everything is supposed to be brown in summer.

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