How the land heals — near el hed, Algéria
10,052 hectares burned near el hed, Algéria — the fire started on August 9, 2021. Below, one satellite image per year — always in the same season — shows how the vegetation returns. The detailed day-by-day image series is on the fire’s original case page van.
2021
2026
Year by year
2021-08-22
2021
What does this series show? The first image was taken right after the fire
(August 22, 2021) — the dark patch is the fresh burn scar. Each following image was taken once a year, on the clearest day around the anniversary — so the seasonal colors are comparable. Where the patch gradually turns green again, vegetation is recovering; where it stays pale or grey after years, recovery is slower. The images come from the Sentinel-2 satellites — 6 yearly images.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021–2026 · satellite imagery: Copernicus Sentinel-2 · the fire’s day-by-day series · more recovery pages