Typhoon Kompasu

The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of Typhoon Kompasu approaching the Korean peninsula and China on September 1, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Typhoon Kompasu.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Teamat NASA GSFC. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 2, 2010
Data acquired September 1, 2010

Source:: Aqua > MODIS