# @eumetsatmedia on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOORXYyby2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69334257-eumetsatmedia-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6ac0c6b721.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T12:48:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** EUMETSAT (@eumetsatmedia) — https://gondola.cc/eumetsatmedia

## Caption

One week ago, the Moon’s shadow swept across Earth. While Meteosat-12’s Flexible Combined Imager captured the view in colour, its Lightning Imager (LI) recorded the event from a totally different perspective! 🌖🛰️

To detect lightning pulses, the LI continuously captures single-channel background measurements (at 777 nm wavelength) once per minute across its four cameras. 

In this imagery captured by the North-oriented camera, you can see the sudden dip in brightness as the eclipse passes directly through the instrument's field of view. 

#solareclipse

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