These are before-and-after satellite images of parts of Europe taken in March 2019 and in March 2020.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), pollution levels across Europe have remained low, with nitrogen dioxide levels falling around 50% in some cities.
Paris saw a dramatic drop of 54%, the most significant in Europe when comparing the same month last year.
Madrid, Milan and Rome saw decreases of around 45%.
The ESA also released two images of Venice taken one year apart.
One image was taken on April 19, 2019 and the other on April 13, 2020.
The images show how dramatically the number of boats have reduced since the coronavirus pandemic started.
Since Italy announced the lockdown on March 8, the city, usually packed with tourists, has been almost empty.
According to John Hopkins University, as of today Sunday over 23,000 people in Italy have died from Covid-19.
Posted – 4.19.20