ESA weather satellite captures video of lightning sweeping across Europe
July 7, 2023
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has published videos taken by its new third-generation Meteosat meteorological satellite. The satellite recorded the formation of lightning crossing Europe from Earth’s orbit.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has published videos taken by its new third-generation Meteosat meteorological satellite. The satellite recorded the formation of lightning crossing Europe from Earth’s orbit. The images are impressive and show how lightning is formed in regions with high cloud cover. The space agency has published satellite camera footage on its website and has also identified lightning formation in Africa.
The third generation of Meteosat, an ESA satellite, is operated by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The satellite was successfully launched in December 2022 and has been monitoring our planet’s weather ever since. The video released this week was taken at a distance of 35 thousand km from the Earth, showing how lightning forms in the sky. You can check below recorded images of lightning forming in Europe:
Weather satellite Meteosat
The third generation of Meteosat is the first of its kind to provide researchers with such a simulated image. As we see in the video, he can fix the glowing lightning trails and overlay the image with the formation of clouds in the region, a very interesting result is obtained. According to the ESA, the new Meteosat is just the first of a new generation of satellites that will monitor changes in the Earth’s climate.
In addition to the images recorded in Europe, another camera on the device focused its efforts and captured the formation of lightning in Africa (as you can see in the video above). According to scientists, tracking the formation of lightning and lightning is a great way to predict important weather events. In addition, permanent records allow scientists to analyze the presence of changes in climate behavior. All of this investment and research not only results in beautiful images for space lovers, but also provides important data about the state of our planet.
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