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Super Typhoon Melor

Typhoon Melor was approaching the southernmost islands of Japan when this natural-color image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on October 7, 2009.


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

Published October 7, 2009
Data acquired October 7, 2009

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topic:
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Typhoons