Image of the week: the autumn equinox

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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.

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

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