"Europe's New Satellite Captures Stunning First Photo of Earth"

Europe's new weather satellite, Meteosat Third Generation — Imager 1 (MTG-I1), has captured an image of the Earth that reveals our planet's incredible beauty and demonstrates that the satellite is set to revolutionize weather forecasting, including the prediction of severe weather. The image shows conditions over Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic to an incredible level of detail, and the full system is set to be operational by 2016 and will consist of six satellites supplying critical data for the early detection of extreme weather events for the next two decades.