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Hurricane Beta: Natural Hazards
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Hurricane Beta: Natural Hazards
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The 23rd storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of Panama late on October 26, 2005. Dubbed ''Beta,'' the storm set a new record for the number of tropical cyclones to form in the Atlantic during a single year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this photo-like image of the hurricane at 2:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 29, 2005. At the time, Beta had winds of 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour).
Hurricane Beta came ashore in Nicaragua on October 30, roughly a day after the MODIS observation above, bringing heavy rainfall in the steep mountains of Nicaragua and Honduras. The hurricane's Category-2-strength winds weakened to tropical-storm strength quickly after coming ashore, but the heavy rain (more than 450 millimeters (15 inches) fell in 24 hours in parts of Nicaragua) was far more dangerous than the hurricane-force winds. Early in October, a glancing blow from earthobservatory.nas a.gov/NaturalHazards /natural_hazards_v2. php3?img_id=13189 Hurricane Stan triggered landslides across Central America, leaving thousands dead.
The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel. It is available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 5302-1029/Beta.A2005 302.1840 additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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The 23rd storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season formed off the coast of Panama late on October 26, 2005. Dubbed ''Beta,'' the storm set a new record for the number of tropical cyclones to form in the Atlantic during a single year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this photo-like image of the hurricane at 2:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 29, 2005. At the time, Beta had winds of 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour).
Hurricane Beta came ashore in Nicaragua on October 30, roughly a day after the MODIS observation above, bringing heavy rainfall in the steep mountains of Nicaragua and Honduras. The hurricane's Category-2-strength winds weakened to tropical-storm strength quickly after coming ashore, but the heavy rain (more than 450 millimeters (15 inches) fell in 24 hours in parts of Nicaragua) was far more dangerous than the hurricane-force winds. Early in October, a glancing blow from earthobservatory.nas a.gov/NaturalHazards /natural_hazards_v2. php3?img_id=13189 Hurricane Stan triggered landslides across Central America, leaving thousands dead.
The large image provided above has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel. It is available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 5302-1029/Beta.A2005 302.1840 additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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What -- Aqua
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What -- Aqua
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Where -- Panama
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Where -- Panama
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Where -- Honduras
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Where -- Honduras
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Where -- Nicaragua
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Where -- Nicaragua
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Aqua
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Panama
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Honduras
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Nicaragua
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Beta.A2005302.1840
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Beta.A2005302.1840
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gwilliam@archive.org
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gwilliam@archive.org
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2011-07-27 01:04:37
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2011-07-27 01:04:37
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2011-07-27 01:04:37
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2011-07-27 01:04:37
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Beta.A2005302. 1840/Beta.A2005302.1 840.250m.jpg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Beta.A2005302. 1840/Beta.A2005302.1 840.250m.jpg
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Beta.A2005302.1840.2 50m.jpg
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Beta.A2005302.1840.2 50m.jpg
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date:
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2005-10-30
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Public Domain
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Public Domain
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2005
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