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Hurricane Fausto (08E), Eastern Pacific Ocean

Hurricane Fausto weakened as it moved westward in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and by the time this image was acquired on August 25, 2002, it had dropped from Category 4 to Category 2 hurricane status. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 27, 2002
Data acquired August 25 - 25, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topic:
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Hurricanes
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth