Hurricane Bill

With a well-formed eye and a symmetrical shape, Hurricane Bill looked the part of the major hurricane it was forecast to become when this photo-like image was taken on August 18, 2009.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Hurricane Bill.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published August 18, 2009
Data acquired August 18, 2009

Source:: Aqua > MODIS