View of our Planet on Earth Day 2026.

Earth Day, celebrated on 22 April every year, highlights the importance of protecting the planet’s ecosystems. Marking the occasion, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 mosaic of Earth brings into focus the diversity of landscapes across Europe, Africa, and parts of western Asia.

Produced by combining multiple images acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites during the spring of 2025, the mosaic shows land surfaces in natural colour: vegetation appears in green tones, deserts in pale beige. Snow and ice remain visible across northern Europe and Greenland, indicating seasonal conditions at higher latitudes.

The European Union is working towards reaching climate neutrality by 2050 by reducing emissions, restoring ecosystems and biodiversity, transitioning to clean energy, and supporting global cooperation. Copernicus data support the monitoring of these changes and inform environmental policy.

Discover more ecosystems and pristine natural sites on our Instagram channel.

• Snow-capped Mount Etna and coastal waters in Sicily, Italy
• Saharan dust drifts across the Eastern Mediterranean Basin
• Atlantic winds shape sea-surface patterns around the Faroe Islands
• Kelimutu’s coloured crater lakes stand out on Flores Island, Indonesia
• Strasbourg and the Rhine corridor, France
• Tulips in full bloom across South Holland, the Netherlands

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