spring equinox

Image of the week: the spring equinox

 

Watching our Earth from space

spring equinox
spring equinox

This week’s image of the week is of the spring equinox as seen from the Meteosat-11 geostationary weather satellite, 36,000km above the Earth.

Last Updated

26 March 2024

Published on

20 March 2024

The equinox in the northern hemisphere happens twice a year, around the 20 March (spring equinox) and the 22 September (autumn equinox). 

The spring equinox marks the beginning of astronomical spring when we get nearly equal hours of day and night, and from this day onwards, the day is longer than the night. The autumn equinox marks the start of autumn as the night becomes longer than the day.

See the current view from Meteosat-11 on our Earth view stream over the Atlantic Ocean (https://www.eumetsat.int/real-time-imagery/earth-view )

Earth image

This image was captured by the SEVIRI instrument onboard Meteosat-11.

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