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Massive temperature contrasts in South America

Massive temperature contrasts in South America

Massive T°  contrasts were recorded n South America in July 2023.

On 16 July, the air temperature reached+39°C in Brazil and -22°C in Patagonia. 

On the same day, One of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites captured this cloud-free view of one of the Andean lakes where the low T° were recorded.