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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Friday, 25 September 2020

25 September 2020 13:35 UTC

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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2020

In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record.

Monday, 15 July 2019

15 July–18 August 2019

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Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia

Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during Summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites.

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

January–December 2019

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Image Library top ten for 2019

A look at our most popular case studies from 2019.

Friday, 21 December 2018

21 December 2018 03:00 UTC

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December solstice near the southern polar circle

December solstice occurred in 2018 at 22:23 UTC on 21 December and could be 'seen' in satellite imagery.

Thursday, 15 February 2018

15 February 2018 21:15 UTC

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Meteosat-8 captures image of partial solar eclipse

On 15 February 2018 a partial solar eclipse was visible from Antarctica, plus many locations within southern South America including Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

12/13/14 July 2017

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Massive iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

In early July 2017, a massive section of ice split off from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf.

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

2 March 2017, 28 April, 7 May, 16 July, 30 July, 11 August and 21 August 2018

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Phytoplankton Blooms spotted by Sentinel-3

Sentinel-3A has captured a number of images of the variety of species of phytoplankton that bloom in the world’s oceans and lakes.

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

January–December 2017

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Image Library top ten for 2017

A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

30 April 2014, 12:00 UTC

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Sand at sea, as seen from space

On 11 April 2012 EUMETSAT’s international training project EUMETrain started tracking the movements of the German research icebreaker Polarstern.

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

29 April 2014 03:00–07:00 UTC

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Annular solar eclipse over Antarctica

The annular solar eclipse on 29 April was seen as a dark shadow on the edge of Meteosat-7's view.

Monday, 8 October 2012

08 October 2012 12:00 UTC

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Antarctic sea ice reaches new maximum extent

Antarctic sea ice concentrations during 2012, from the OSI SAF.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

21 June 2012 00:00 UTC

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Northern summer solstice 2012

View from Meteosat-9 during the period of the summer solstice, using the SEVIRI visible channels.

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