The 2024 Summer Olympics began on Friday, July 26 in Paris with the opening rite highlighting historic monuments along the Seine, visualized in a new satellite symbol taken from space.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared a high-resolution symbol of central Paris, where the Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
The symbol was taken through the space agency’s Pléiades Neo project – a constellation of two identical satellites called Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B – that offers a detailed view of the Olympic venues.
The interactive ESA symbol allows spectators to get closer to prominent locations in the city where other competitions will take place. This includes the Bercy Arena, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris (the rightmost landmark on the new satellite symbol) and easily recognizable by its pyramidal design. The Bercy Arena will host artistic gymnastics, trampoline and basketball matches.
The satellite view also shows Notre Dame (center of the image), covered in scaffolding as it undergoes recovery processes after a devastating fire five years ago. The cathedral was featured prominently at the opening ceremony, in which the bells rang for the first time since the fire. .
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“The oval shape of the Stade de France stands out at the top of the image, with the Aquatics Centre, one of two permanent venues built for the Games, to its left,” ESA officials said in releasing the satellite image. “The Arc de Triomphe is gently seen in the center left of the image, in the middle of Place Charles de Gaulle, where 12 main avenues converge to form a star. “
Perhaps the most notable landmark of the satellite symbol is the iconic Eiffel Tower, where two transitional stadiums have been built to host various competitions in addition to beach volleyball.
The interactive symbol shared through ESA allows the audience to click on more than a dozen circles to learn more about the location in the city.
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