How the land heals — near Estepona, Spain
11,481 hectares burned near Estepona, Spain — the fire started on September 8, 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
2025
Year by year
2021-09-10
2021
What does this series show? The first image was taken right after the fire
(September 10, 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 — 5 yearly images.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021–2026 · satellite imagery: Copernicus Sentinel-2 · the fire’s day-by-day series · more recovery pages