Hurricane Isabel east of the Bahamas

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of Hurricane Isabel just east of the Bahamas on September 15, 2003 at 15:30 UTC. Though the storm had begun to weaken, it still packed winds of 138 miles per hour with gusts up to 167 miles per hour.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published September 15, 2003
Data acquired September 15 - 15, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Hurricanes

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response