Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Hurricane Frances
Description:
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Frances on September 6, 2004 at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances had just made landfall 30 miles south of Tallahassee, Florida and was dumping copious amounts of rainfall in the panhandle region of Florida. Maximum sustained winds were near 65 mph and the storm was moving towards the north-northwest at 8 mph.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at add itional resolutions and formats.

NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Tallahassee
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 6, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12411
original url:

Hurricane Frances