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Had an amazing time at #LPS25 this week, where @esaearth.esa.int unveiled the first images from the Biomass satellite. Read our story with @esmestallard.bsky.social and see the stunning new images for yourself:

bbc.co.ukBeneath the canopy: Pioneering satellite reveals rainforests' hidden worlds - BBC NewsFirst groundbreaking images from the Biomass satellite could change our understanding of rainforests

28/6/25, 7:39 am11 reposts30 likes

Miska Knapek

@miskaknapek.bsky.social

19 Sept 2025

What s treat of a story - thanks very much for posting!

Dominic Manchee

@dpmanchee.bsky.social

28 June 2025

The NASA SAR Handbook (2019) has better graphics of how different wavelengths penetrate the tree canopy. At P-Band there are reflections off leaves, branches, trunks. Signals can also hit the ground and then be reflected back off the branches.

Dominic Manchee

@dpmanchee.bsky.social

28 June 2025

Also note that @dlr-en.bsky.social is publishing other commissioning test imagery for @esa.int #BIOMASS 🛰️ bsky.app/profile/dlr-...

German Aerospace Center (DLR)@dlr-en.bsky.social

BIOMASS sees the forests and the trees – plus much more🛰️👀 The satellite's first images – processed by DLR scientists – showcase its remarkable ability use P-band radar to image forests🌳, seeing through the canopy to the ecosystems and geological features below: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne... 🧵