Glacier Monitoring in the Andes since 2013

Point n' shoot from space

The Patagonian icefields on a cloudless day

The MODIS sensor onboard the TERRA satellite platform captured this unusual cloudless day in Patagonia the 8 November 2011. The highlights of this image are the two great Patagonian Icefields of South America. These powerful ice masses have been experiencing several changes, including ice thinning and repeated episodes of glacier outburst floods.

Heavy snow at Northern Chilean Andes

MODIS satellite image from 1th August 2011 showing a a heavy snowfall in Northern Chile.

Atacama desert in bloom

Atacama desert in bloom as seen from Landsat TM using the standard false colour band combination 432 (RGB). The image below was taken during August 2010 as a reference and the upper image corresponds to September 2011. The bloom can be clearly distinguished from the "red" areas in the 2011 image depicting the sprouting of seeds after this rainy and snowy winter.

Recent volcanic activity at the Southern Volcanic Zone

Fumarolic activity at Volcán Planchón-Peteroa (35°14'24"S/70°34'12"W - 4107 m a.s.l) Subset of a Landsat TM image (path232/row84) acquired on September 5th 2011