Hurricane Frances (06L) off the Antilles

Hurricane Frances (06L) off the Antilles

  • Credit:

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004, at 15:30 UTC (11:30 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was located approximately 1180 kilometers (735 miles) east-southeast of the southeast coast of Florida. Maximum sustained winds were near 220 km/hr (140 mph) and the storm was moving towards the west-northwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph).

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  • Sensor:

    Terra - MODIS

  • Data Date:

    September 1, 2004

  • Visualization Date:

    September 1, 2004
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