When astronauts take photographs of our planet while orbiting 400 km above our heads, they are doing much more than just taking pretty pictures. They are looking after the health of our planet and, ultimately, us too.

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Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-2 brings you jewels of the Maldives for Valentine’s week
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Operations image of the week: On Valentine’s Day, the message is clear – loving our planet means cleaning it up, and that includes the orbital pathways on which much of our modern way of life depends
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It’s easy to take our home planet for granted, but sit back and enjoy this sequence of stunning images from space and fall in love all over again
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Technology image of the week: ESA’s Biomass mission will use advanced radar to survey all the forests on Earth, and help sharpen climate change forecasts
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This heart-shaped body of water may look cute for Valentine’s Day but just as love sometimes fades, this emerald sea is withering away. 

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Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Earth shows us its sentimental side with this heart-shaped lake in Mongolia
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Since it’s Valentine’s Day soon, we’re all feeling romantic and so we bring you this image of a heart-shaped lake in Argentina – and like all love, it’s special.

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we will soon be expressing our love to those nearest and dearest – and maybe that can include our beautiful home planet, after all it needs all the love and care it can get.

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Since it was first measured in 1831, we have known that the magnetic north is constantly on the move. However, its tendency to slowly roam has stepped up a pace recently – so much so that the World Magnetic Model has had to be updated urgently with the pole’s new location, vital for navigation on smartphones, for example. ESA’s magnetic field Swarm mission has been key for this update.

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