Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Hurricane Frances
Description:
The SeaWiFS sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color eastward looking image of Hurricane Frances on September 3, 2004 at 17:20 UTC (1:20 PM EDT). Florida is just barely visible at the top center of the image, while Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola line up vertically along the left. At the time this image was taken Frances was a category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph and was moving towards the west-northwest at 9 mph.

Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Satellite - Sensor:
OrbView-2- SeaWiFS
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Cuba
facet_where:
Jamaica
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 3, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12405
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Hurricane Frances