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collection:
nasa new
mediatype:
image
collection:
nasa
collection:
nasanaturalhazards
title:
Hurricane Irene: Natural Hazards
description:
Irene was a Category 1 storm with sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) and stronger gusts when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this image on August 15, 2005. The third hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season, Irene is not expected to threaten land.

While Hurricane Irene may not affect the United States or Canada, it is having an effect on haze over the Atlantic Ocean. Hot, humid weather in the Mid-Atlantic states has allowed pollution to build up. As the haze flows out to sea, it is encountering Hurricane Irene, which is steering the haze in a wide circle around its northern edge.

The large image provided above is at MODIS maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The image is available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 5227-0815/Irene.A200 5227.1725.2km.jpg additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
subject:
Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
subject:
Where -- United States of America
subject:
Where -- Atlantic Ocean
subject:
Where -- Canada
subject:
What -- Aqua
what:
Aqua
where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
where:
United States of America
where:
Atlantic Ocean
where:
Canada
identifier:
Irene_AMO_2005227
uploader:
gwilliam@archive.org
addeddate:
2011-07-26 23:30:31
publicdate:
2011-07-26 23:30:31
creator:
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
ImageUID:
file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Irene_AMO_2005 227/Irene_AMO_200522 7_lrg.jpg
filename:
Irene_AMO_2005227_lr g.jpg
date:
2005-08-15
rights:
Public Domain
source:
year:
2005
language:
eng

Hurricane Irene: Natural Hazards