Hurricane Juan south of Nova Scotia

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Juan approximately 360 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the time this image was taken on September 28, 2003, Juan was packing sustained winds near 100 miles per hour and was moving to the north at 20 miles per hour.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published September 28, 2003
Data acquired September 28 - 28, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Hurricanes