A first: EarthCARE reveals inner secrets of clouds
![Vertical distribution of cloud particle concentration](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2024/06/vertical_distribution_of_cloud_particle_concentration/26195698-1-eng-GB/Vertical_distribution_of_cloud_particle_concentration_card_full.jpg)
Less than a month after it was launched, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has returned the first image from one of its instruments – an image that, for the first time from space, unveils the internal structure and dynamics of clouds.
This remarkable first image, captured by the satellite’s cloud profiling radar, offers a mere glimpse of the instrument's full potential once it is fully calibrated.