Name: Earth from Space: Malé, the Maldives
Uploaded: 2021-11-02T02:01:45.000Z
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Welcome back to ESA's Earth from Space programme.

the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives.

The Maldives consist of a chain of around 1200 small coral islands

A number of these little islands can be seen in the image,

with the turquoise colours depicting clear, shallow waters

which contrasts with the dark colours of the Indian Ocean.

located at the southern edge of the North Malé Atoll,

The island is small enough to walk around in approximately one hour,

with most sights concentrated on its northern shore.

Malé is both a trade and tourist centre,

connected with Sri Lanka and India by steamship lines,

with several vessels visible in the image.

Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world

with the city covering almost the entire island.

The Maldives also has the lowest terrain of any country in the world,

making the archipelago particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise.

the Maldives is working on enhancing the resilience of the country's islands,

which includes constructing the artificial island of Hulhumale

The island has been constructed by pumping sand from the seafloor

The reclaimed land provides some much-needed space,

and will also help meet the industrial  and commercial development of the region.

Satellite data have shown that the global ocean has risen,

is making rising sea levels a real threat for low-lying islands

the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite,

the most advanced mission dedicated  to measuring sea-level rise,

meaning that its data are available to climate researchers,

Earth from Space is taking a short break during the month of August,

but join us again in September for a weekly tour of our planet

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From everyone at the Earth from Space team,