Lightning over Europe

This animation, zooming in Europe, was made using data from the Meteosat Third Generation Lightning Imager’s north camera. 

ESA along with European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) today have released the first animations from the Lightning Imager onboard the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite, which launched on 13 December 2022. Access all the MTG Lightning Imager animations here.

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