Image of the week Apply Refine results Type Article Image of the week Categories Satellites Weather Organisation Meteosat Sentinel Tags MTG Africa Year of Weather Image of the week Date 2024 2023 SHOW ALL 46 results Image of the week 18 November 2024 Image of the week: Typhoon Man-yi Typhoon Man-yi passed over the Philippines bringing heavy rain, strong winds (up to 185 kmh) and tidal surges. Image of the week 13 November 2024 Image of the week: Indonesian volcano erupts The extensive ash cloud from the volcanic eruption led to several international airlines cancelling flights to the nearby island of Bali, leaving people stuck at the airport. Image of the week 8 November 2024 Image of the week: Hurricane Rafael Hurricane Rafael brought very strong winds (>185 kmh) and heavy rainfall as it passed over Cuba. Image of the week 31 October 2024 Image of the week: Baltic Sea phytoplankton bloom This week’s image shows phytoplankton blooms in the Baltic Sea, near the island of Gotland. Image of the week 21 October 2024 Image of the week: Storm Ashley This week’s image of the week is of Storm Ashley. Image of the week 17 October 2024 Image of the week: North Sea phytoplankton bloom The area of cyan colour is most likely caused by coccolithophores, which are microscopic single-celled plant-like organisms that live in large numbers throughout the upper layers of the ocean.  Image of the week 9 October 2024 Image of the week: EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2024 This week’s image of the week is of the more than 500 participants of the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference. Image of the week 30 September 2024 Image of the week: Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean This week’s image of the week is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean. Image of the week 25 September 2024 Image of the week: the autumn equinox The equinox in the northern hemisphere happens twice a year, around 22 September (autumn equinox) and 20 March (spring equinox). Image of the week 17 September 2024 Image of the week: EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa 2024 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. Image of the week 10 September 2024 Image of the week: The Caspian Sea 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. Image of the week 5 September 2024 Image of the week: Amazonian wildfires The Amazon is experiencing record-breaking numbers of fires in 2024, exacerbated by dry Image of the week 28 August 2024 Image of the week: Sundhnúkur eruption This week’s image of the week is of the recent volcanic eruption from the Sundhnúkur crater row, in Iceland. Image of the week 21 August 2024 Image of the week: Hurricane Ernesto This week’s image of the week is of Hurricane Ernesto. Image of the week 14 August 2024 Image of the week: Global weather from space This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of geostationary weather satellites 36,000km above our planet. Image of the week 8 August 2024 Image of the week: Amazon fires This week’s image of the week is of the many fires that are affecting the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Image of the week 1 August 2024 Image of the week: Canadian wildfires This week’s image of the week is of the many wildfires that have been affecting Canada’s Northwest Territories. Image of the week 24 July 2024 Image of the week: The Galápagos Islands on a clear day This week’s image of the week is of the Galápagos Islands. Image of the week 9 July 2024 Image of the week: Lightning Imager’s data debut in time for storm season Lightning activity from the 6 to the 8 July 2024. Image of the week 8 July 2024 Image of the week: viewing of the Earth from 36,000km This week’s image of the week shows two views of the Earth. Image of the week 3 July 2024 Image of the week: Hurricane Beryl This week’s image of the week is of Hurricane Beryl. Image of the week 25 June 2024 Image of the week: North Sea phytoplankton bloom This week’s image of the week shows a large phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea, off the west coast of Scotland. Image of the week 19 June 2024 Image of the week: Saharan dust from space This week’s image of the week focuses on Saharan dust moving across the Mediterranean Sea and passing over the Balearic Islands. Image of the week 10 June 2024 Image of the week: Desert dust from space This week’s image of the week focuses on Saharan dust moving across the Red Sea towards Saudi Arabia. Image of the week 5 June 2024 Image of the week: World Environment Day This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of our Meteosat geostationary weather satellite 36,000km above our planet. Image of the week 28 May 2024 Image of the week: Tropical Cyclone Ewiniar Tropical Cyclone Ewiniar brought high winds, heavy rainfall and flooding to Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, which caused casualties, power outages and property damage. Image of the week 22 May 2024 Image of the week: Cyclone Ialy This week’s image of the week is of Tropical Cyclone Ialy in the Indian Ocean, and it was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite. Image of the week 1 May 2024 Image of the week: Saharan dust from space Desert dust particles are lifted into the atmosphere by gusts of surface wind and can be transported and deposited thousands of kilometres away. Image of the week 29 April 2024 Image of the week: intriguing cloud patterns near the Cape Verde islands The cloud patterns are known as von Kármán vortices and are formed over the ocean when islands disrupt the wind flow. The strength of the wind affects the patterns of the swirls. Image of the week 29 April 2024 Image of the week: phytoplankton bloom from space The bloom is most likely caused by coccolithophores (cyan colour) and other phytoplankton species. Phytoplankton play a key role in marine ecosystems as the basis of the food chain. Image of the week 24 April 2024 Image of the week: Earth view for Earth Day This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of our Meteosat-10 geostationary weather satellite 36,000km above our planet. Image of the week 17 April 2024 Image of the week: Global weather from space This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of geostationary weather satellites 36,000km above our planet. Image of the week 11 April 2024 Image of the week: Storm Kathleen This week’s image of the week shows Storm Kathleen which brought strong winds and rain to the UK and Ireland during the weekend of 6-7 April 2024. Image of the week 3 April 2024 Image of the week: Phytoplankton from space This week’s image of the week shows colourful phytoplankton off the coast of Argentina. Image of the week 26 March 2024 Image of the week: Brazilian wildfires Many fires have been affecting Brazil’s northern most state, Roraima. Image of the week 20 March 2024 Image of the week: the spring equinox The equinox in the northern hemisphere happens twice a year. Load More
