Image of the week: Cyclone Bianca

Watching our Earth from space

This week’s image is of Cyclone Bianca off the west coast of Australia.

Last Updated

25 February 2025

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25 February 2025

The image was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 23 February 2025.

Cyclone Bianca is the seventh tropical cyclone of Australia’s 2024-2025 cyclone season (November-April).

The cyclone developed well offshore of the western Australian coast and Christmas Island and at the time the image was captured it was not expected to impact the Australian mainland.

Cyclone Bianca image

This image was captured by the OLCI instrument on one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 23 February 2025.

EUMETSAT operates the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, in cooperation with ESA, and delivers the marine data on behalf of the European Union.

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