Deze zomer luncht NRC mee bij organisaties en bedrijven in het buitenland. Deze week: India. „Mijn eten moet een human touch hebben. Ik vind het fijn dat het door iemand gemaakt wordt die ik vertrouw en die weet wat ik lekker vind.”
Nu is elke e-mail met «Loket» in de naam van de afzender bij voorbaat spam.
«Landelijk energieopslag loket»
«Gemeentelijk isolatie loket»
«Het officiele subsidie loket»
en vele variaties met de woorden in andere volgorde.
if "loket" in sender:
spam
draag me weg stelletje prutsers.
(on a sidenote, de Odido-spam groeit hard, geen verassing daar, op dit moment is 1% van alle spam op mijn Odido e-mailadres)
jspeter9191 has added a photo to the pool:
In the afternoon at my village(Tallawong), Sydney, Australia.
God bless you.
Normaal doen!
Leuk stukje in Stripschrift van deze maand over Cozy Coloring:
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The BepiColombo Mercury arrival phase mission control team gathers in the main control room at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) to begin the extensive simulations campaign.
Credits: ESA
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Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellites to replicate the pioneering ERS-1–ERS-2 ‘tandem mission’, ESA achieved one-day repeat imaging of the same Antarctic region. The results once again demonstrate how this approach can be used to measure glacier motion and pinpoint the critical grounding line with exceptional precision.
This ice-flow velocity map of glaciers and ice streams in the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica is derived from multiannual Sentinel-1 observations. The map provides regional context for the study areas, with the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf highlighted in the inset.
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Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by ENVEO
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Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellites to replicate the pioneering ERS-1–ERS-2 ‘tandem mission’, ESA achieved one-day repeat imaging of the same Antarctic region. The results once again demonstrate how this approach can be used to measure glacier motion and pinpoint the critical grounding line with exceptional precision.
The image shows Evans Ice Stream – a six-day Sentinel-1A–Sentinel-1C interferogram (left), a one-day Sentinel-1C–Sentinel-1D interferogram (centre), and a Sentinel-1C–Sentinel-1D double-difference interferogram (right). The shorter repeat-pass interval and double-difference processing clearly reveal tidal deformation zones and shear zones, demonstrating the enhanced capability for mapping ice dynamics, shear zones and the grounding line.
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Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by ENVEO
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures Canada’s Great Bear Lake in striking colours.
Straddling the Arctic Circle, Great Bear Lake lies in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Its area of 31 328 sq km makes it the largest freshwater lake entirely within Canadian borders and the fourth largest in North America.
Irregular in shape and containing many small islands, Great Bear Lake is surrounded by boreal forests and tundra, providing a rich habitat for diverse wildlife. It’s famous for its cold, clear waters, which are covered with ice from late November through to July.
The presence of lake ice can be monitored effectively by imaging sensors and standard satellite observations. In this false-colour image, three specific bands from Copernicus Sentinel-2’s visible and infrared channels have been used to process the image. Each channel has been assigned a colour to enhance the contrasts between different surfaces. This band combination is particularly suitable for monitoring ice melt, water bodies and vegetation health.
A massive sheet of sea ice covering most of the lake can be seen in shades ranging from bright blue to cyan, depending on the ice thickness. This range of colours is due to ice and snow having a higher reflectance in the visible part of the spectrum, here assigned to blue. The image, which was captured on 17 June 2026, features an intricate network of seasonal fractures, cracks and shifting ice floes across the lake surface.
Because water reflects very little light back to the satellite, it appears dark blue or black, making areas of melted ice easy to distinguish. These dark areas are typically visible along the shorelines and in the bays, where shallower water warms more quickly than the deeper centre of the lake, creating a clear moat of ice-free water between the land and the remaining ice sheet. Black fractures of open water can also be seen in the icy surface.
Shades of green dominate the landmass surrounding the lake denoting the northern boreal forest and the tundra vegetation, greening as the Arctic summer approaches.
Distinct reddish-orange and pink patches are scattered across the green landscape, indicating exposed rocky terrain, typical of the Canadian Shield, sparsely vegetated tundra or older fire scars that have not yet fully revegetated.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission is based on a two-satellite constellation. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth’s surface in 13 spectral bands. This capability, together with the mission’s frequent revisits over the same area and its high-resolution imagery, provides crucial information about the conditions on Earth, such as land use, vegetation health, and changes in inland water bodies and the coastal environment.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Ja goh wie had dat nou verwacht behalve iedereen? De islamitische tyfusschool Cornelius Haga in Amsterdam-West is nog steeds een tyfusschool. Het is zelfs zo'n tyfusschool, dat iedere keer als er een inspectie langskomt die inspectie zegt: sjonge jonge jonge wat een tyfusschool. Ook dit keer blijkt die tyfusschool weer een tyfusschool. Volgens de inspectie heeft het tyfusschoolbestuur 'langdurig en in ernstige mate nagelaten om het onderwijs te verbeteren’. Staatssecretaris Tielen van Onderwijs beraadt zich 'op vervolgstappen, waarbij het belang van de leerlingen voorop zal staan'. Nu is de tyfusschool al sinds de oprichting een tyfusschool dus we zijn erg benieuwd welke keiharde maatregelen het kabinet nu weer neemt!