Satellite Explorer Quest

My first Earth Science using Sentenel-2.

My first port of call was home base. Obvious were urban features , mountains, areas with vegetation and the large body of water, which is called False Bay.

Next in line I visited the Kogel Bay Nature Reserve which is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom. Satellites are used to monitor the invasion of alien vegetation.

I meandered up the west coast of Africa to Walvis Bay (Namibia) where ocean meets the Namib desert. Typical of this region is the fog and low clouds that roll in due to the cold Benguela current and s/westerly winds. The tiny square patches in my image looked a bit large for normal urban buildings. I established that these were Saltworks. The ponds are artificially flooded and being rich in nutrients attract wetland birds such as flamingos.