Venice lagoon from space: 1986 to 2026

MOSE barriers and a lagoon that floods. Drag the handle to compare 1986 (Landsat) with 2026 (Sentinel-2).

Venice lagoon in 1986, satellite view Venice lagoon in 2026, satellite view 19862026

Explore Venice lagoon in the satellite tool → Every year since 1986, radar, temperature, change maps and more.

Land cover around the centre

1986-10-12

  • Dense vegetation0%
  • Healthy vegetation11%
  • Sparse vegetation18%
  • Bare ground8%
  • Water / built-up63%

2026-11-05

  • Dense vegetation4%
  • Healthy vegetation6%
  • Sparse vegetation4%
  • Bare ground3%
  • Water / built-up83%

Plant-health classes (NDVI) over roughly 10 km around the centre, clouds removed. Landsat and Sentinel-2 differ slightly in resolution; read the shares as a trend, not a survey.

How to read it

The left image is a Landsat scene from 1986-10-12, 30 metres per pixel. The right is a Sentinel-2 scene from 2026-11-05, 10 metres per pixel. Both are true colour: what a person would see from orbit. Sand is pale, water dark, vegetation green, cities grey.

In the satellite tool you can step through every year in between, switch to plant health, water, burn or surface temperature, draw an area to measure what changed, and watch the place for new passes.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Landsat courtesy USGS · via Microsoft Planetary Computer.