Typhoon Namtheun (13W) south of Japan

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Namtheun located approximately 280 kilometers south of Tokyo, Japan, on July 30, 2004. Namtheun is expected to make landfall along the southwestern coast of Japan early on July 31. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Namtheun, the 10th tropical storm this season in the western Pacific, was moving at 7 kilometers an hour toward the west and would probably head for the Korean peninsula after it passes over Japan.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published July 30, 2004
Data acquired July 30, 2004

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Terra > MODIS

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Visible Earth