When there is normally a wait of multiple months between SSTV events, I got quite a surprise with the next SSTV announcement. This time there was a gap of just three days between events. So more time to validate my…
I’ve posted before about lens flare impacting weather satellites, so this time it is slightly different with two images from GOES 13. A few interesting points about this one. First off the black area at the bottom left is where…
The image below was captured earlier today from the EQS-G1 (formerly GOES 13) weather satellite. Looking closely there is what looks to be a large area of land, highlighted by the yellow box, south of India. There is clearly a…
I’ve previously covered what lens flare is and how it can impact GOES 17 in a previous post. And to show that GOES 17 isn’t alone, I’ve found two full colour images from the Russian Electro-L 2 satellite that also…
Everyone will have taken photos and seen unusual rays or spots if the sun is in the image frame or close by. An example of this is the image I’ve just taken of the sun, with my mobile phone, looking…