This stunning picture of where the Namibian coast meets the Atlantic Ocean is the first taken by the thermal-infrared camera of ESA’s Sentinel-3A satellite. Reddish shades represent hot dunes, and dark blue shades at the bottom left reveal how cold water wells up at the coast, whirling the sea around.

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