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Data acquired September 12, 2008 540 x 405 JPEG
Data acquired September 12, 2008 7560 x 6224 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 12, 2008 7560 x 6224 123 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired September 12, 2008 35 KB - KML/KMZ
As of September 12, 2008, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast that Typhoon Sinlaku would give Japan a near miss. The storm was skirting Taiwan at 10:20 a.m. local time (2:20 UTC) on September 12, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this photo-like image.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
Published September 12, 2008 Data acquired September 12, 2008