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Northern summer solstice 2012

21 June 2012 00:00 UTC

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Region

Polar Regions, Iceland

Satellites

Meteosat-9

Channels/Products

NIR1.6, VIS0.8, VIS0.8

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

Last Updated

06 November 2020

Published on

21 June 2012

The animation shows those areas that SEVIRI can see which are lit by the midnight sun. At 23:30 UTC the sun glint is prominent north of Iceland.

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