{"id":2743462,"date":"2025-04-08T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2743462"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:37:58","slug":"learn-sentinel-2-explorer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer","title":{"rendered":"Learn to explore Sentinel-2 imagery using Sentinel-2 Explorer"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931,22941],"tags":[775882],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-2743462","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","category-mapping","tag-lawimageryexplorer","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to use Sentinel-2 Explorer to investigate and unlock the wealth of information Sentinel-2 provides.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission provides optical imagery for a wide range of applications including land, water and atmospheric monitoring. The mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites, phased at 180 degrees, flying in tandem and covering all of Earth\u2019s land and coastal waters every five days.<\/p>\n<p>Each satellite carries a multispectral sensor that generates optical images in the visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The images contain a total of 13 spectral bands at resolutions of 10 meters, 20 meters, and 60 meters.<\/p>\n<p>With its multispectral sensor and wide swath coverage, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/Sentinel-2\/Introducing_Sentinel-2\">Sentinel-2 mission<\/a>\u00a0not only offers continuity with the Landsat missions, it also expands upon them by offering greater spatial resolution and unique spectral capabilities for monitoring agriculture and vegetation around the world.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"quick\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em\">Quick links<\/h2>\n<p>Use the links below to jump to sections of interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#about\">About the Sentinel-2 Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sent\">Sentinel-2 Explorer essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Explore<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#dyn\">Dynamic view mode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#scene\">Find a scene<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Compare<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#swipe\">Use Swipe to compare scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anim\">Animate multiple scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Analyze<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#index\">Analyze &#8211; Index mask<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#temp\">Analyze &#8211; Temporal profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#spectral\">Analyze &#8211; Spectral profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#change\">Analyze &#8211; Change detection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#more\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"fields\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"about\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">About the Sentinel-2 mission<\/h3>\n<p>Sentinel-2 is a European mission that utilizes wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging. Dedicated to Europe\u2019s Copernicus programme, the mission supports operational applications primarily for land services, including the monitoring of vegetation, soil and water cover, as well as the observation of inland waterways and coastal areas. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/Sentinel-2\/Introducing_Sentinel-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introducing Sentinel-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"sent\">Sentinel-2 Explorer essentials<\/h3>\n<p>The Sentinel-2 Level-2A imagery archive is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a> as a dynamic time enabled image service, accessible across the ArcGIS platform and used to power the Sentinel-2 Explorer app. For more about the service and the data, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=255af1ceee844d6da8ef8440c8f90d00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Level-2A<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sentinel-2 Explorer is an ArcGIS Living Atlas app that enables you to unlock and explore the wealth of information that Sentinel-2 provides.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747512,"id":2747512,"title":"s2e-2","filename":"s2e-2.png","filesize":132259,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-2","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","name":"s2e-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 22:39:37","modified":"2025-04-03 22:40:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":380,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":234,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":380,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","large-width":752,"large-height":380,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":380,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":380,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":380,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-2.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":380}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The app offers key capabilities, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\">Visual exploration of a dynamic global mosaic of the latest available Sentinel-2 scenes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\">On-the-fly band\/polarization combinations and indices for visualization and analysis.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\">Interactive <strong>Find a Scene<\/strong> by location, sensor, time, and cloud cover.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\">Visual change by time, and comparison of different renderings, with swipe and animation modes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\"><strong>Analysis<\/strong> such as threshold masking and temporal profiles for vegetation, water, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Open the app<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sentinel-2 Explorer can be opened from the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas Apps<\/a> page, found at the Apps tab at the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas Home<\/a>. The app can also be opened directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ffccbc21aeda4eceb952acb571ce7678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Explorer item overview<\/a>. The overview provides additional information about the app and the Sentinel-2 program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%;margin-top: 1.5em\"><strong>Essential tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following tools are always available and can be used to navigate, share, make screen captures, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In the upper left you\u2019ll find tools to learn more about the app, zoom, and also the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>a<\/strong> \u2013 Zoom to Sentinel-1 imagery native pixel resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Zoom to the full extent of the imagery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Capture the current map view as an image.<\/p>\n<p><strong>d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Copy a link to the app in its current state. This is a useful way to save all settings and share your work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>e<\/strong> \u2013 Save a new instance of the Sentinel-2 Explorer in its current state. This creates a new ArcGIS Online web application.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747502,"id":2747502,"title":"s2e-1a","filename":"s2e-1a.png","filesize":55608,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-1a","alt":"Sentinel-2 Explorer tools","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-1a","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 22:38:39","modified":"2025-04-03 22:38:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":398,"height":425,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","medium-width":244,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","medium_large-width":398,"medium_large-height":425,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","large-width":398,"large-height":425,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","1536x1536-width":398,"1536x1536-height":425,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","2048x2048-width":398,"2048x2048-height":425,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","card_image-width":398,"card_image-height":425,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-1a.png","wide_image-width":398,"wide_image-height":425}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/checkaside.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\">Experiment with these tools to see what they do. The <strong>Copy a link to the current map<\/strong> tool is essential for saving and sharing your maps with others. This tool can be used to capture all current Sentinel-2 Explorer settings so they can be easily revisited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"fields\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em\">Explore<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"dyn\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Dynamic view mode<\/h3>\n<p>The app opens in <strong>Dynamic View<\/strong> mode by default. In this mode, the most recent and most cloud free scenes from the Sentinel-2 archive are prioritized and dynamically fused into a single mosaicked image layer. As you pan and zoom, the map continues to dynamically fetch and render the best available scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The app opens in one of several interesting places, each using a different renderer that most effectively highlights specific characteristics of the imagery. You can select and learn more about these locations by following the steps below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Open <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a>. The app opens to an interesting place using a specific renderer, as indicated by the selected (highlighted) cards.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747562,"id":2747562,"title":"s2e-3","filename":"s2e-3.png","filesize":77276,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-3","alt":"Places and renderer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 22:55:47","modified":"2025-04-03 22:56:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":783,"height":243,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":144,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":238,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","large-width":783,"large-height":243,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","1536x1536-width":783,"1536x1536-height":243,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","2048x2048-width":783,"2048x2048-height":243,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","card_image-width":783,"card_image-height":243,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-3.png","wide_image-width":783,"wide_image-height":243}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Hover over any card in <strong>Interesting Places<\/strong> to learn more about it. Click the card to zoom to the place.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747572,"id":2747572,"title":"s2e-4","filename":"s2e-4.png","filesize":77727,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-4","alt":"Interesting places","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 22:59:10","modified":"2025-04-03 22:59:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":424,"height":516,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","medium-width":214,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","medium_large-width":424,"medium_large-height":516,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","large-width":424,"large-height":516,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","1536x1536-width":424,"1536x1536-height":516,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","2048x2048-width":424,"2048x2048-height":516,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4-382x465.png","card_image-width":382,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-4.png","wide_image-width":424,"wide_image-height":516}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Sentinel-2 multispectral sensors work passively by collecting sunlight reflected from the Earth\u2019s surface. Imagery is collected at distinct ranges, or bands, along the electromagnetic spectrum. These bands of imagery can be combined to create renderings of the Earth for different applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Hover over any renderer to learn more about it. Click the card to apply the renderer to the imagery.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747592,"id":2747592,"title":"s2e-6","filename":"s2e-6.png","filesize":43013,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-6","alt":"Renderer information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 23:15:57","modified":"2025-04-03 23:16:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":416,"height":313,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","medium-width":347,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","medium_large-width":416,"medium_large-height":313,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","large-width":416,"large-height":313,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","1536x1536-width":416,"1536x1536-height":313,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","2048x2048-width":416,"2048x2048-height":313,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","card_image-width":416,"card_image-height":313,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-6.png","wide_image-width":416,"wide_image-height":313}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Click anywhere on the map to get more information about the Sentinel-2 imagery, such as date and coordinates. Other information presented includes <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normalized_difference_vegetation_index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Normalized Difference Moisture Index<\/a> (NDMI), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normalized_difference_vegetation_index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Normalized Difference Vegetation Index<\/a> (NDVI), and Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747632,"id":2747632,"title":"s2e-7","filename":"s2e-7.png","filesize":32731,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-7","alt":"Imagery information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 23:26:54","modified":"2025-04-03 23:27:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":372,"height":276,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","medium-width":352,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","medium_large-width":372,"medium_large-height":276,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","large-width":372,"large-height":276,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","1536x1536-width":372,"1536x1536-height":276,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","2048x2048-width":372,"2048x2048-height":276,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","card_image-width":372,"card_image-height":276,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-7.png","wide_image-width":372,"wide_image-height":276}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In the next section, you will use tools and settings described above to learn more about a specific area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 From\u00a0<strong>Interesting Places<\/strong>, choose\u00a0<strong>Fucino<\/strong>. Hover over the card to learn more about the area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747642,"id":2747642,"title":"s2e-8","filename":"s2e-8.png","filesize":27039,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-8","alt":"Choose place","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 23:30:28","modified":"2025-04-03 23:30:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":412,"height":162,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8-213x162.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":162,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","medium-width":412,"medium-height":162,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","medium_large-width":412,"medium_large-height":162,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","large-width":412,"large-height":162,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","1536x1536-width":412,"1536x1536-height":162,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","2048x2048-width":412,"2048x2048-height":162,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","card_image-width":412,"card_image-height":162,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-8.png","wide_image-width":412,"wide_image-height":162}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Note that when <strong>Fucino<\/strong> is displayed, the <strong>Color IR<\/strong> renderer is applied automatically. Hover over the <strong>Color IR<\/strong> card to learn more; This renderer displays healthy vegetation as bright red, stressed vegetation is dull red.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747692,"id":2747692,"title":"s2e-9","filename":"s2e-9.png","filesize":21211,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-9","alt":"Renderer description","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-9","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 23:38:58","modified":"2025-04-03 23:39:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":416,"height":135,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9-213x135.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":135,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","medium-width":416,"medium-height":135,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","medium_large-width":416,"medium_large-height":135,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","large-width":416,"large-height":135,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","1536x1536-width":416,"1536x1536-height":135,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","2048x2048-width":416,"2048x2048-height":135,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","card_image-width":416,"card_image-height":135,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-9.png","wide_image-width":416,"wide_image-height":135}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Change the renderer to\u00a0<strong>NDVI<\/strong> and view the imagery. Hover over the renderer card to learn more about it. Dark green represents vigorous vegetation and brown represents sparse vegetation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747742,"id":2747742,"title":"s2e-10","filename":"s2e-10.png","filesize":34500,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-10","alt":"Renderer details","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-03 23:49:21","modified":"2025-04-03 23:50:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":411,"height":213,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","medium-width":411,"medium-height":213,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","medium_large-width":411,"medium_large-height":213,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","large-width":411,"large-height":213,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","1536x1536-width":411,"1536x1536-height":213,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","2048x2048-width":411,"2048x2048-height":213,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","card_image-width":411,"card_image-height":213,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-10.png","wide_image-width":411,"wide_image-height":213}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> \u2013 Explore further using other interesting places and renderers. Use the search tool in the upper left to find other locations of interest.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2747932,"id":2747932,"title":"s2e-11","filename":"s2e-11.png","filesize":18641,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-11","alt":"Search","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-11","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 00:12:36","modified":"2025-04-04 00:12:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":393,"height":221,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","medium-width":393,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","medium_large-width":393,"medium_large-height":221,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","large-width":393,"large-height":221,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","1536x1536-width":393,"1536x1536-height":221,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","2048x2048-width":393,"2048x2048-height":221,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","card_image-width":393,"card_image-height":221,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-11.png","wide_image-width":393,"wide_image-height":221}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong>\u00a0tool described in the\u00a0Sentinel-2 Explorer essentials\u00a0section to capture the current state of your map as you explore. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-68.36946%2C-23.51275%2C12.599&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CMNDWI+Colorized+for+Visualization%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atacama Desert, Chile, lithium evaporation ponds using MNDWI renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-68.36946%2C-23.51275%2C12.599&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CNDMI+Colorized+for+Visualization%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atacama Desert, Chile, lithium evaporation ponds using NDMI renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-88.17705%2C17.50062%2C13.953&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belize City coastline using Natural Color renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-88.17705%2C17.50062%2C13.953&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CNDVI+Colorized+for+Visualization%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belize City coastline using NDVI renderer<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/checkaside.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\">Comparing the locations with different renderers, what can you learn from the imagery? Use the mouse to click on various locations in each. What does the pop-up information indicate?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"scene\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Find a scene<\/h3>\n<p>This mode allows for the selection of individual Sentinel-2 scenes by year, month, and day. In the next exercise, you will find scenes that cover the area near the village of Odeceixe, a village in Portugal where several wildfires occurred in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer to the area near Odeceixe in Dynamic mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-8.72816%2C37.43226%2C12.478&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2023-08-07%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C12542944"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Find A Scene<\/strong>\u00a0to switch to scene mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748132,"id":2748132,"title":"s2e-12","filename":"s2e-12.png","filesize":12828,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-12","alt":"Find a scene","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-12","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:20:05","modified":"2025-04-04 04:20:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":384,"height":283,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","medium-width":354,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","medium_large-width":384,"medium_large-height":283,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","large-width":384,"large-height":283,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","1536x1536-width":384,"1536x1536-height":283,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","2048x2048-width":384,"2048x2048-height":283,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","card_image-width":384,"card_image-height":283,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-12.png","wide_image-width":384,"wide_image-height":283}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Scene Selection<\/strong> calendar appears showing available Sentinel-2 scenes. Filters at the top of the calendar enable you find scenes by date and by cloud cover.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes matching your criteria are included in the calendar and those meeting the date and cloud cover parameters are highlighted with a solid fill.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748142,"id":2748142,"title":"s2e-13","filename":"s2e-13.png","filesize":21618,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-13","alt":"Scene selection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-13","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:24:36","modified":"2025-04-04 04:24:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":715,"height":243,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":158,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","medium_large-width":715,"medium_large-height":243,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","large-width":715,"large-height":243,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","1536x1536-width":715,"1536x1536-height":243,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","2048x2048-width":715,"2048x2048-height":243,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","card_image-width":715,"card_image-height":243,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-13.png","wide_image-width":715,"wide_image-height":243}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>To learn more about a specific scene, hover over a square to view the scene information tip.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748152,"id":2748152,"title":"s2e-14","filename":"s2e-14.png","filesize":10733,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-14","alt":"Scene information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-14","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:26:51","modified":"2025-04-04 04:27:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":280,"height":197,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14-213x197.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":197,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","medium-width":280,"medium-height":197,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","medium_large-width":280,"medium_large-height":197,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","large-width":280,"large-height":197,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","1536x1536-width":280,"1536x1536-height":197,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","2048x2048-width":280,"2048x2048-height":197,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","card_image-width":280,"card_image-height":197,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-14.png","wide_image-width":280,"wide_image-height":197}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Next, you will find available scenes around the time of the 2023 wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click the date drop-down from the calendar and select 2023 to find available scenes for that year.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748192,"id":2748192,"title":"s2e-16","filename":"s2e-16.png","filesize":7488,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-16","alt":"Select year","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-16","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:42:07","modified":"2025-04-04 04:42:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":176,"height":422,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16-176x200.png","thumbnail-width":176,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","medium-width":109,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","medium_large-width":176,"medium_large-height":422,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","large-width":176,"large-height":422,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","1536x1536-width":176,"1536x1536-height":422,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","2048x2048-width":176,"2048x2048-height":422,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","card_image-width":176,"card_image-height":422,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-16.png","wide_image-width":176,"wide_image-height":422}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Choose the August 7, 2023, scene.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748202,"id":2748202,"title":"s2e-17","filename":"s2e-17.png","filesize":15787,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-17","alt":"Choose a scene","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-17","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:45:40","modified":"2025-04-04 04:45:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":462,"height":239,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","medium-width":462,"medium-height":239,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","medium_large-width":462,"medium_large-height":239,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","large-width":462,"large-height":239,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","1536x1536-width":462,"1536x1536-height":239,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","2048x2048-width":462,"2048x2048-height":239,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","card_image-width":462,"card_image-height":239,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-17.png","wide_image-width":462,"wide_image-height":239}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The scene, using the Natural Color renderer, shows the huge smoke plumes from the 2023 fire blowing west.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2752132,"id":2752132,"title":"s2e-44s","filename":"s2e-44s.png","filesize":71805,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-44s","alt":"Wildfires in Portugal","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-44s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-08 18:53:38","modified":"2025-04-08 18:54:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":580,"height":281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","medium_large-width":580,"medium_large-height":281,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","large-width":580,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","1536x1536-width":580,"1536x1536-height":281,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","2048x2048-width":580,"2048x2048-height":281,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","card_image-width":580,"card_image-height":281,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44s.png","wide_image-width":580,"wide_image-height":281}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-44.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Choose a different renderer to view the wildfires. Experiment with renderers to find one that delivers the best visualization.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-8.72816%2C37.43226%2C12.478&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2023-08-07%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C12542944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Color<\/a><br \/>\nShows smoke from the wildfires.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-8.72816%2C37.43226%2C12.478&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2023-08-07%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C12542944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Short Wave IR<\/a><br \/>\nThis renderer cuts through smoke to show the actively burning areas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-8.72816%2C37.43226%2C12.478&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2023-08-07%7CUrban+for+Visualization%7C12542944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban renderer<\/a><br \/>\nThis renderer clearly shows the actively burning areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-size: 115%;margin-top: 1.5em\"><strong>2022 Mauna Loa eruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explore the scenes below to visualize the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawai&#8217;i, the largest active volcano in the world. The eruption lasted for approximately 12 days in late 2022.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2752042,"id":2752042,"title":"s2e-43s","filename":"s2e-43s.png","filesize":66000,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-43s","alt":"Mauna Loa 2022 eruption","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-43s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-08 18:43:08","modified":"2025-04-08 18:44:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":580,"height":281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","medium_large-width":580,"medium_large-height":281,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","large-width":580,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","1536x1536-width":580,"1536x1536-height":281,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","2048x2048-width":580,"2048x2048-height":281,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","card_image-width":580,"card_image-height":281,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43s.png","wide_image-width":580,"wide_image-height":281}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-43.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-155.50797%2C19.54709%2C13.220&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-12-03%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C10341002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauna Loa, December 3, 2022, with Natural Color renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-155.50797%2C19.54709%2C13.220&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-12-03%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C10341002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauna Loa, December 3, 2022, with Color IR renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-155.50797%2C19.54709%2C13.220&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-12-03%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C10341002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauna Loa, December 3, 2022, with Short Wave IR renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-155.50797%2C19.54709%2C13.220&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-12-03%7CAgriculture+for+Visualization%7C10341002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauna Loa, December 3, 2022, with Agriculture renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-155.50797%2C19.54709%2C13.220&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-12-03%7CUrban+for+Visualization%7C10341002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauna Loa, December 3, 2022, with Urban renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%;margin-top: 1.5em\"><strong>Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following scenes visualize the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, near the town of Grindavik.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2752062,"id":2752062,"title":"s2e-42s","filename":"s2e-42s.png","filesize":75966,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-42s","alt":"Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-42s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-08 18:44:57","modified":"2025-04-08 18:45:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":580,"height":281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","medium_large-width":580,"medium_large-height":281,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","large-width":580,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","1536x1536-width":580,"1536x1536-height":281,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","2048x2048-width":580,"2048x2048-height":281,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","card_image-width":580,"card_image-height":281,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42s.png","wide_image-width":580,"wide_image-height":281}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-42.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-22.40238%2C63.89463%2C12.129&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-02-08%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C334890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fagradalsfjall volcano, February 8, 2024, with Natural Color renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-22.40238%2C63.89463%2C12.129&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-02-08%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C334890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fagradalsfjall volcano, February 8, 2024, with Color IR renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-22.40238%2C63.89463%2C12.129&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-02-08%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C334890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fagradalsfjall volcano, February 8, 2024, with Short Wave IR renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/checkaside.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\">Using renderers to visualize certain scene aspects is both an art and science. It&#8217;s all about visualizing the scene in the most effective way. Don&#8217;t judge a renderer by its name, experiment to find the best one to visualize the desired imagery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Note that the\u00a0<strong>Find A Scene<\/strong>\u00a0workflow is leveraged throughout the rest of the app, simplifying the discovery and selection of scenes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"fields\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em\">Compare<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"swipe\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Use swipe to compare scenes<\/h3>\n<p>In\u00a0<strong>Swipe mode<\/strong>, you can select two scenes to swipe and visually compare differences between them. It is common to choose between scenes of different dates, but you can also swipe and compare different renderings of the same date, or mix and match the two. Swipe is a simple yet extremely powerful way to visually detect, explore, and analyze differences and similarities between two images.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameron Peak fire was a wildfire that started near Chambers Lake, Colorado on August 13, 2020. The fire burned 208,663 acres in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Larimer and Jackson Counties and Rocky Mountain National Park. The fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer in dynamic mode with the Natural Color renderer around the area of the fire.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-105.77781%2C40.60667%2C13.000&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2020-07-20%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C25490594"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Swipe<\/strong>\u00a0to switch to scene swipe mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748592,"id":2748592,"title":"s2e-19","filename":"s2e-19.png","filesize":13558,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-19","alt":"Swipe mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-19","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 17:56:06","modified":"2025-04-04 17:56:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":375,"height":280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","medium-width":350,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","medium_large-width":375,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","large-width":375,"large-height":280,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","1536x1536-width":375,"1536x1536-height":280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","2048x2048-width":375,"2048x2048-height":280,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","card_image-width":375,"card_image-height":280,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-19.png","wide_image-width":375,"wide_image-height":280}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The stacked\u00a0<strong>Left<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Right<\/strong>\u00a0boxes indicate the scenes selected for the left and right sides of the swipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Left<\/strong>, and following the scene selection workflow described in the previous section, select the scene for July 20, 2020. This is the pre-fire Sentinel-2 scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Choose the\u00a0<strong>Short-wave IR <\/strong>renderer for the left scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Right<\/strong>, and following the scene selection workflow used in Step 3, select the scene for October 8, 2020. This is a post-fire scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Choose the\u00a0<strong>Short-wave IR <\/strong>renderer for the right scene.<\/p>\n<p>Your swipe should be configured as shown below:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748602,"id":2748602,"title":"s2e-20","filename":"s2e-20.png","filesize":14437,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-20","alt":"Configured swipe","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-20","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 18:04:29","modified":"2025-04-04 18:04:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":380,"height":282,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","medium-width":352,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","medium_large-width":380,"medium_large-height":282,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","large-width":380,"large-height":282,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","1536x1536-width":380,"1536x1536-height":282,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","2048x2048-width":380,"2048x2048-height":282,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","card_image-width":380,"card_image-height":282,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-20.png","wide_image-width":380,"wide_image-height":282}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> \u2013 Use the swipe tool to compare the two scenes. The image on the left shows pre-fire conditions, while the image on the right is post-fire. The burned areas are readily visible as red in the scenes using the <strong>Short-wave IR<\/strong>\u00a0renderer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click the image below to compare with your map, or open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-105.77781%2C40.60667%2C13.000&amp;mode=swipe&amp;mainScene=2020-07-20%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C25490595&amp;secondaryScene=2020-10-08%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C21900039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a> with the exercise settings from the steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748612,"id":2748612,"title":"s2e-21","filename":"s2e-21.png","filesize":133746,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-21","alt":"Swipe mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-21","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 18:17:12","modified":"2025-04-04 19:23:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":381,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","large-width":752,"large-height":381,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":381,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":381,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":381,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":381}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-21b.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"anim\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Animate multiple scenes<\/h3>\n<p>In\u00a0<strong>Animate mode<\/strong>, you can select multiple scenes to create compelling time animations. When you have gathered your collection of images, click the play button to start the animation. During playback, you can choose your frame rate and optionally export your animation to an MP4 with the layout of your choosing.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in September, 2023, the Pineios River in Greece was heavily impacted by widespread flooding caused by Storm Elias. In the next exercise, you will animate scenes around the Pineios Delta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer in dynamic mode with the Natural Color renderer to the area encompassing the Pineios Delta.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=22.75725%2C39.91928%2C12.198&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2023-09-10%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C24661999"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Animate<\/strong>\u00a0to switch to animate mode, then click\u00a0<strong>Add A Scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748712,"id":2748712,"title":"s2e-22","filename":"s2e-22.png","filesize":14045,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-22","alt":"Animate","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-22","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 19:04:05","modified":"2025-04-04 19:04:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":383,"height":287,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","medium_large-width":383,"medium_large-height":287,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","large-width":383,"large-height":287,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","1536x1536-width":383,"1536x1536-height":287,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","2048x2048-width":383,"2048x2048-height":287,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","card_image-width":383,"card_image-height":287,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-22.png","wide_image-width":383,"wide_image-height":287}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Using the\u00a0<strong>Scene Selection<\/strong> calendar, add the following scenes. Remember to click <strong>Add A Scene<\/strong> to add additional scenes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 21, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<li>September 10, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<li>September 30, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<li>October 5, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<li>October 10, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<li>October 30, 2023, Natural Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 When finished, click the arrow at the bottom of the scene list to play the animation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748742,"id":2748742,"title":"s2e-23","filename":"s2e-23.png","filesize":22821,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-23","alt":"Play animation","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-23","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 19:14:39","modified":"2025-04-04 19:14:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":500,"height":284,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","medium-width":460,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","medium_large-width":500,"medium_large-height":284,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","large-width":500,"large-height":284,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","1536x1536-width":500,"1536x1536-height":284,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","2048x2048-width":500,"2048x2048-height":284,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","card_image-width":500,"card_image-height":284,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-23.png","wide_image-width":500,"wide_image-height":284}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the play controls to (from left to right):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust the animation speed.<\/li>\n<li>Capture a link to the animation.<\/li>\n<li>Download the animation as an MP4 file.<\/li>\n<li>Pause\/Play.<\/li>\n<li>Dismiss the play controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539252,"id":2539252,"title":"s1e-24","filename":"s1e-24.png","filesize":3868,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-24","alt":"Play controls","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-24","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:06:32","modified":"2024-10-22 03:06:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":195,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","thumbnail-width":195,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","medium-width":195,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","medium_large-width":195,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","large-width":195,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","1536x1536-width":195,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","2048x2048-width":195,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","card_image-width":195,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","wide_image-width":195,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> After adjusting the speed, you can pause the animations and use the link on the playback toolbar or the toolbar that appears in the upper right of the app to save the current animation settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click the image below to compare with your map, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=22.75725%2C39.91928%2C12.198&amp;mode=animate&amp;mainScene=2023-09-10%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C24661999&amp;animationScenes=2023-08-21%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C15134828%2C2023-09-10%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C24661999%2C2023-09-30%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C19720075%2C2023-10-05%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C21839121%2C2023-10-10%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C18542123%2C2023-10-30%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C25197402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a>\u00a0with the exercise settings.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748762,"id":2748762,"title":"s2e-25s","filename":"s2e-25s.png","filesize":108034,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-25s","alt":"Animate mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-25s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 19:22:26","modified":"2025-04-04 19:23:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":381,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":381,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":381,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":381,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":381,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":381}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-25.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The animation below shows seasonal variations in center-pivot agricultural field irrigation in the desert near Tubarjal, Saudi Arabia throughout 2024. Click the image to open Sentinel-2 Explorer with the animation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2688932,"id":2688932,"title":"S2X Animate","filename":"S2X-Animate.gif","filesize":2374376,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/sentinel-2-explorer-another-level-of-earth-observation\/s2x-animate","alt":"Animation","author":"7071","description":"","caption":"Twelve-month color infrared time animation of center-pivot agricultural fields in the desert near Tubarjal, Saudi Arabia. Click to see in Sentinel-2 Explorer.","name":"s2x-animate","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2688382,"date":"2025-02-19 07:47:32","modified":"2025-04-04 19:29:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":853,"height":480,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","large-width":853,"large-height":480,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","1536x1536-width":853,"1536x1536-height":480,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","2048x2048-width":853,"2048x2048-height":480,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/S2X-Animate.gif","wide_image-width":853,"wide_image-height":480}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=38.28675%2C30.15909%2C12.333&amp;mode=animate&amp;mainScene=2020-07-20%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C25490594&amp;animationScenes=2024-01-07%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C165477%2C2024-01-22%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C89668%2C2024-02-11%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C348205%2C2024-02-26%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C771970%2C2024-03-12%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C985451%2C2024-03-22%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C1337331%2C2024-05-11%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C28959555%2C2024-05-21%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C28811333%2C2024-06-05%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C1133458%2C2024-06-25%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C1440954%2C2024-07-10%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C1591383%2C2024-07-25%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C1632066%2C2024-08-09%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C760836%2C2024-08-29%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C842613%2C2024-09-08%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C27938247%2C2024-09-23%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C27464468%2C2024-10-03%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C27800386%2C2024-10-23%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C27888263%2C2024-11-02%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C29312257%2C2024-11-27%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C35468962%2C2024-12-07%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C29354762%2C2024-12-17%7CColor+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C36393351&amp;animationWindow=4237601.8751610415%2C3515416.7437673043%2C4286521.573263542%2C3532615.0751314647%2C1536%2C540&amp;animation=500"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"fields\" style=\"margin-top: 1.5em\">Analyze<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"index\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Analyze: Index Mask<\/h3>\n<p>use spectral indices, derived from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/raster-functions\/band-arithmetic-function.htm\">band arithmetic<\/a>, to measure relative abundance of things like water, moisture, and vegetation. As you move the slider, a mask is dynamically rendered on screen indicating the areas meeting the specified thresholds. Alternatively, the mask can be used to clip the image and only show the original image pixels meeting the specified thresholds.<\/p>\n<p>In this next exercise, you will examine the water index in an area in northern Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer to an area in northwestern Saskatchewan Province, using a scene captured on August 8, 2024, shown using Natural Color renderer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-108.24295%2C58.86604%2C10.836&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-08-08%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C1526357"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose\u00a0<strong>Index mask<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Choose\u00a0<strong>Water Index<\/strong> from the Index drop-down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Adjust the slider to the desired values. Note that the calculated mask area adjusts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Optional) Experiment using the\u00a0<strong>Clip to mask<\/strong>\u00a0and color options.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748802,"id":2748802,"title":"s2e-28","filename":"s2e-28.png","filesize":22561,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-28","alt":"Index settings","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-28","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 19:57:53","modified":"2025-04-04 19:58:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":384,"height":355,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","medium-width":282,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","medium_large-width":384,"medium_large-height":355,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","large-width":384,"large-height":355,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","1536x1536-width":384,"1536x1536-height":355,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","2048x2048-width":384,"2048x2048-height":355,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","card_image-width":384,"card_image-height":355,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-28.png","wide_image-width":384,"wide_image-height":355}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong>\u00a0tool to capture the current settings.<\/p>\n<p>The areas with the highest water index are highlighted. Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-108.24295%2C58.86604%2C10.836&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2024-08-08%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C1526357&amp;tool=mask&amp;mask=water%7Cfalse%7C1%7C89%2C214%2C255%7C0%2C1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a>\u00a0to the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748812,"id":2748812,"title":"s2e-29s","filename":"s2e-29s.png","filesize":143906,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-29s","alt":"Water index","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-29s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 20:03:40","modified":"2025-04-04 20:04:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":381,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":381,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":381,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":381,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":381,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":381}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-29.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Experiment with other locations and other index masks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"temp\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Analyze: Temporal Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Using the <strong>Temporal profile<\/strong> tool you can detect categorical trends over time, including moisture, vegetation, and water. You can also select the time interval: yearly or monthly.<\/p>\n<p>When Yearly is selected, you can specify the target month you would like to be sampled year over year. This option is best for identifying long term patterns and trends. When Monthly is selected, you specify the target year and all 12-months within that year will be sampled. The monthly option is useful for seeing seasonal patterns and fluctuations throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>In this exercise, you will examine the temporal profile of the Tulare Lake Basin in Central California. This area flooded in the spring\/summer of 2023. When using the annual temporal profile, the flooding peak is evident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer in Dynamic view mode to the Tulare Lake Basin area using the Agriculture renderer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.85179%2C36.11191%2C12.131&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2023-04-21%7CAgriculture+for+Visualization%7C18487436"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose\u00a0<strong>Temporal profile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748892,"id":2748892,"title":"s2e-30","filename":"s2e-30.png","filesize":12698,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-30","alt":"Analyze: Temporal profile","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-30","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 20:13:41","modified":"2025-04-04 20:13:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":381,"height":288,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","medium-width":345,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","medium_large-width":381,"medium_large-height":288,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","large-width":381,"large-height":288,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","1536x1536-width":381,"1536x1536-height":288,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","2048x2048-width":381,"2048x2048-height":288,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","card_image-width":381,"card_image-height":288,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-30.png","wide_image-width":381,"wide_image-height":288}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Using the\u00a0<strong>Scene Selection calendar<\/strong>, choose April 21, 2023.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748932,"id":2748932,"title":"s2e-31","filename":"s2e-31.png","filesize":23280,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-31","alt":"Scene selection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-31","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 20:20:53","modified":"2025-04-04 20:21:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":736,"height":254,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":160,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","medium_large-width":736,"medium_large-height":254,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","large-width":736,"large-height":254,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","1536x1536-width":736,"1536x1536-height":254,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","2048x2048-width":736,"2048x2048-height":254,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","card_image-width":736,"card_image-height":254,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-31.png","wide_image-width":736,"wide_image-height":254}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This scene clearly shows the shallow lake in the agricultural area of the Tulare Lake Basin as blue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click anywhere in the dark blue area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Choose\u00a0<strong>Water<\/strong> as the trend from the Trend drop-down list. Select <strong>Yearly<\/strong> as the time interval. Note the peak in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Choose\u00a0<strong>Vegetation<\/strong> as the trend from the Trend drop-down list. Select <strong>Yearly<\/strong> as the time interval. Note the inverted peak for the same period in April 2023.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748962,"id":2748962,"title":"s2e-34","filename":"s2e-34.png","filesize":33140,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-34","alt":"Trend comparison","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-34","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 20:35:47","modified":"2025-04-04 20:35:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":707,"height":261,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","medium_large-width":707,"medium_large-height":261,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","large-width":707,"large-height":261,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","1536x1536-width":707,"1536x1536-height":261,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","2048x2048-width":707,"2048x2048-height":261,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","card_image-width":707,"card_image-height":261,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-34.png","wide_image-width":707,"wide_image-height":261}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Experiment by clicking other areas and switching from yearly to monthly trends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong>\u00a0tool to capture the current settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.85179%2C36.11191%2C12.131&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2023-04-21%7CAgriculture+for+Visualization%7C18487436&amp;tool=trend&amp;trend=water%7C4%7C-119.77221%2C36.10906%7C2023%7Cyear-to-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a>\u00a0using the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748972,"id":2748972,"title":"s2e-35s","filename":"s2e-35s.png","filesize":108195,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-35s","alt":"Water trend","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-35s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 20:38:52","modified":"2025-04-04 20:39:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":381,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":381,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":381,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":381,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":381,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":381}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-35.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"spectral\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Analyze: Spectral Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Multispectral imagery provides measurements of the varying amounts of light that different materials reflect. In other words, their spectral responses. By collecting samples of the spectral response for the same type of material on the Earth\u2019s surface, it is possible to build a spectral signature for that material.<\/p>\n<p>To use the Spectral profile tool, click <strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then click <strong>Spectral profile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2749142,"id":2749142,"title":"s2e-39","filename":"s2e-39.png","filesize":12701,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-39","alt":"Spectral profile","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-39","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 21:34:49","modified":"2025-04-04 21:35:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":379,"height":286,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","medium-width":346,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","medium_large-width":379,"medium_large-height":286,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","large-width":379,"large-height":286,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","1536x1536-width":379,"1536x1536-height":286,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","2048x2048-width":379,"2048x2048-height":286,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","card_image-width":379,"card_image-height":286,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-39.png","wide_image-width":379,"wide_image-height":286}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Use any scene and renderer. Using the <strong>Spectral profile tool<\/strong>, you can click anywhere on the map and a spectral profile for that point will be generated. The profile will be matched with one of the pre-defined spectral signatures available in the <strong>Profile drop-down<\/strong> list. The match accuracy may vary, depending on multiple factors such as sampling methodology and inherent limitations in the data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer in spectral profile mode to an area along the Nile River near Giza, Egypt, on January 2, 2025.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 04:35:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":53,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15-213x53.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":53,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":53,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":53,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","large-width":289,"large-height":53,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":53,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":53,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":53,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":53}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=31.23483%2C29.94448%2C11.878&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2025-01-02%7CNatural+Color+for+Visualization%7C36569843&amp;tool=spectral&amp;hideMapLabels=true&amp;spectral=31.10213%2C29.96185"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click in one of the dark green areas in the center of the scene to view the profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click in one of the light brown areas to view the profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Click in one of the dark gray areas to view the profile.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2749102,"id":2749102,"title":"s2e-37s","filename":"s2e-37s.png","filesize":107344,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-37s","alt":"Spectral profile","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-37s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 21:20:57","modified":"2025-04-04 21:21:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":384,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":237,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":384,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":384,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":384,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":384,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":384,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":384}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-37.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Click the <strong>Expand<\/strong> button in the <strong>Profile window<\/strong> to view all profiles.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2749122,"id":2749122,"title":"s2e-38s","filename":"s2e-38s.png","filesize":93096,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-38s","alt":"All spectral profiles","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s2e-38s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 21:25:34","modified":"2025-04-04 21:26:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":309,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":191,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":309,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":309,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":309,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":309,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":309,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":309}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-38.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Experiment by clicking other areas or scenes and examining the spectral profiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 1.5em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"change\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">Analyze: Change detection<\/h3>\n<p>In this mode, you are able to select two scenes and calculate the difference between them. You can create change masks based on vegetation, water, or moisture indices. Creating difference images allows you to then do further analysis, such as estimating forest and vegetation loss in the event of a wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Using similar before and after images from Cameron Peak fire in the swipe example above, we can calculate the difference in vegetation between the images to create a difference mask.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-2 Explorer in change detection mode. The two scenes (Scene A and Scene B) have already been selected to show before and after the fire using the Short-wave IR renderer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2748172,"id":2748172,"title":"s2e-15","filename":"s2e-15.png","filesize":4024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-15","alt":"Open Sentinel-2 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 04:35:19","modified":"2025-04-04 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2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>View Change<\/strong> Scene A &#8211; Scene B.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2749152,"id":2749152,"title":"s2e-40","filename":"s2e-40.png","filesize":18473,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-40.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-40","alt":"View change","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-40","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 21:45:35","modified":"2025-04-04 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3<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>Vegetation Index<\/strong> from the Change drop-down list, then adjust the range selectors.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2749162,"id":2749162,"title":"s2e-41","filename":"s2e-41.png","filesize":11781,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-41.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-2-explorer\/s2e-41","alt":"Change selector","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s2e-41","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2743462,"date":"2025-04-04 21:51:30","modified":"2025-04-04 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the the estimated change area adjusts as you adjust the range, providing an approximate visual delineation and surface area of the vegetation loss due to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel2explorer\/#mapCenter=-105.76421%2C40.58905%2C13.000&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2020-07-20%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C25490594&amp;secondaryScene=2020-10-08%7CShort-wave+Infrared+for+Visualization%7C21900038&amp;tool=change&amp;change=vegetation%7Ctrue%7C-2%2C-0.35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a>\u00a0using the saved settings from the exercise steps 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19:07:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":364,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":364,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","large-width":752,"large-height":364,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":364,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":364,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":364,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45s.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":364}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/s2e-45.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Experiment by choosing other scenes and dates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-top: 3em;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"more\" style=\"margin-top: 1.0em\">More information<\/h2>\n<p>For more information, see the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/sentinel-2-explorer-another-level-of-earth-observation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Explorer: another level of Earth observation<\/a> (Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ffccbc21aeda4eceb952acb571ce7678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-2 Explorer<\/a> (Item Overview)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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