Image of the week

Image of the week: Sea ice off Greenland

This week’s image focuses on swirls of sea ice off the coast of Greenland.

Image of the week: Saharan dust from space

This week’s image is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde islands.

Image of the week: Lightning from space

The Meteosat weather satellites provide imagery for the early detection of fast-developing severe weather, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

Image of the week: Cloud patterns near the Canary islands

This week’s image of the week focuses on wave-like cloud swirls southwest of the Canary islands.

Image of the week: Keeping an eye on Earth from 36,000km

This week’s image of the week is from the Meteosat-12 weather satellite on the day that the European State of the Climate report is released.

Image of the week: Metop Second Generation satellite in the spotlight

This week’s image of the week is of the Metop Second Generation A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 satellite.

Image of the week: Saharan dust over the Mediterranean Sea

This week’s image is of Saharan dust moving north out over the Mediterranean Sea.

Image of the week: Global weather from space

This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of geostationary weather satellites 36,000km above our planet.

Image of the week - year of weather image

Image of the week: Spring Equinox

This week’s image of the week is of the spring equinox on 20 March 2025.

Image of the week: Iceberg A23a

This week’s image of the week is of the world’s largest iceberg A23a.

Image of the week: Wildfire rages in Japan

This week’s image is of smoke wildfire around the city of Ofunato.

Image of the week: Cyclone Bianca

This week’s image is of Cyclone Bianca off the west coast of Australia.