Venice before and after the blockade because Covid-19 seen from space: The symbol of Italy suddenly looks blue and clean.

Tram Ho

The Covid-19 pandemic is causing a great deal of damage to the whole world. More than 2.1 million people were infected, 145,000 died, and the global economy was unprecedented and led to millions of job losses. The only bright spot for a gloomy pandemic, perhaps some of the positive environmental impacts.

In Venice is an example. Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) has posted two satellite images of the Italian city of Venice, before and after the outbreak.

One shot on April 13, 2020, the other on April 19, but in 2019. It shows that even from the same period in two years, the iconic Italian city has changed a lot since. pandemic.

Scroll left to see the change after 1 year in Venice

The images above were taken from the Sentinel-2 satellite, part of ESA’s Copernicus program, to observe environmental change on Earth.

According to ESA, the photo shows the change in the density of boats moving through the canals of this city. It is known that Venice is very famous for its romantic and poetic canal system, almost every year of the year is very crowded with boats passing by. But since the execution of the blockade on March 8, the whole city has become quiet.

Boats disappear after a blockade

The inability to operate a ship greatly affects Venice’s economy, but it is also somewhat comforting to leave a good effect on the environment. And also, these are not the first images to show that.

Just a few days after the blockade, the people of Venice shared so many pictures of clear blue water that they even saw fish. The world is the same: Indians can see the Himalayas for the first time in decades, due to reduced air pollution. In the US, satellite images have also shown pollution to plummet after millions of people were forced to stay indoors on a social spacing instruction.

At the moment, Italy is still among the countries most affected by the disease. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the country had nearly 22,000 deaths, along with 165,000 positive cases for the new strain of corona virus.

Source: CNN

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