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

The autumn equinox marks the end of summer and the start of autumn as the night becomes longer than the day.

About MTG-I1

The image was captured by the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) which is onboard EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite, MTG-I1. 

This week’s image of the week is of Africa as seen from the vantage point of our Meteosat-11 geostationary weather satellite 36,000km above our planet.

This week’s image of the week is of the southern Caspian Sea and was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 7 September 2024.

The Amazon is experiencing record-breaking numbers of fires in 2024, exacerbated by dry conditions linked to climate change and El Nino. 

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and plays a key role in regulating the Earth’s climate by absorbing carbon dioxide. It is also an irreplacable biodiversity hotspot and the region is home to millions of people.