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Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt

The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) is usually free of clouds in the mid and higher levels, so barely traceable on solar imagery, but in February 2020 it could be seen due to dust transport.

December solstice near the southern polar circle

December solstice occurred in 2018 at 22:23 UTC on 21 December and could be 'seen' in satellite imagery.

Hurricane Ike follows Gustav and Hanna

The 2008 hurricane season: Ike follows close on the heels of Gustav and Hanna.

Hurricane Ike follows follows Gustav and Hanna

Fog RGB composite from GOES

In order to detect fog and low clouds during the night time, EUMETSAT has developed an MSG RGB combination of infrared bands based on channels 4, 9 and 10 (IR3.9, IR10.8 and IR12.0, respectively), where low level clouds are show with green colours.