Satellites are eyes watching the Earth from space.

Satellite technologies play a vital role in the study of climate change, offering a unique global perspective on our planet. With advanced instruments, they continuously monitor key variables such as atmospheric and ocean temperatures, ice cover, sea levels, soil moisture, and vegetation.

This ability to observe continuously on a large scale allows the collection of precise data, which is crucial for understanding the evolution of Earth's climate, identifying the causes of ongoing changes, and developing effective strategies to mitigate their effects. Without satellites, much of the knowledge we have today about climate change would be out of reach.

Observation from space often seems abstract to the untrained eye, but it is inseparable from ground-based observation.

Every change seen from satellites has a direct and indirect impact on the global population, intensifying the challenges that both small and large communities face in adapting to climate change.

SKY•EYE is a collective and “hybrid” exhibition that connects satellite photographs acquired through the Sentinel satellites of the European Copernicus program with various photographic projects by international photojournalists who have documented impact, adaptation, or mitigation of climate change in the same locations captured from space. Thanks to its numerous applications, SKY•EYE stimulates not only aesthetic reflection but also environmental awareness, placing the viewer at the center of a vision focused on the future of Earth.

“The aim of the SKY-EYE exhibition is to make more understandable the impact of climate change on people lives, by coupling large-scale information, collected from Space satellites, with local-scale stories of affected people, told by photojournalists.”.

The satellite photographs are taken using various indices to highlight some of the critical issues observable from space, such as sea and land temperature variations, drought, soil moisture, flood detection, deforestation, and the reduction of glacial masses.