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Hurricane Frances
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Hurricane Frances |
| Description |
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances on August 31, 2004 at 17:55 UTC (1:55 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was located approximately 230 km (140 miles) north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico and was moving towards the west near 26 km/hr (16 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 225 km/hr (140 mph) and the storm's minimum central pressure was down to 942 millibars. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Frances
| Title |
Hurricane Frances |
| Description |
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances swirling above the waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean on August 31 at 14:45 UTC (10:45 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was located approximately 285 km (175 miles) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico and was moving towards the west at 24 km/hr (15 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 215 km/hr (135 mph) with a minimum central pressure of 950 mb. This makes Frances a Category 4 storm on the Saffir/Simpson Scale. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Dust Storm Sweeps from Afric
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
A massive sandstorm blowing
seawifs_canary_duststorm
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2000-02-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Norman Kuring, SeaWiFS Project |
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seawifs_canary_duststorm |
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Dust Storm Sweeps from Afric
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
A massive sandstorm blowing
seawifs_canary_duststorm
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2000-02-26 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Norman Kuring, SeaWiFS Project |
| identifier |
seawifs_canary_duststorm |
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Hurricane Frances: Natural H
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
Frances_amo2004244
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-08-31 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Frances_amo2004244 |
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Hurricane Frances: Natural H
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
Frances_tmo2004244
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-08-31 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Frances_tmo2004244 |
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