Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric Composition Land Data Meteosat Ocean Weather Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Africa ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2018 2017 2016 2007 2006 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results Case study 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. Case study January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 8 August 2007 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog West African monsoon crosses the Sahara desert This year, in Africa, the summer storms of the long rains have been notable. Case study 7 April 2007 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog New eruption of Mount Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion In April 2007, the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in eastern Reunion, a French overseas department, was erupting for more than a week. Case study 15 January 2006 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara desert.