ESA's Meteosat satellite captures summer solstice from space
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Chelsea Gohd
Summary
The European Space Agency's Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission captured a striking image of the June solstice from space, showing the boundary between daytime and nighttime on the longest (or shortest) day of the year. The image, taken on June 21, 2026, visually represents Earth's maximum tilt toward or away from the sun, which occurs twice annually during solstices.
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· 3 pulledTwice each year, we celebrate what we call a solstice when Earth is at its maximum tilt toward or away from the sun.
During this June's summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of the celestial moment from space.
Nighttime and daytime collide on the longest (or shortest) day of the year.
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