Image of the week: Cyclone Ialy

Watching our Earth from space

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.

Last Updated

25 July 2024

Published on

22 May 2024

Tropical Cyclone Ialy brought rain, high winds and stormy conditions to coastal areas of Kenya on 22 May 2024.

The cyclone was also tracked by EUMETSAT’s geostationary weather satellite, Meteosat-9. A livestream from this satellite is available on our Earthview page.

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This image was captured by the OLCI instrument on one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 19 May 2024.

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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