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Hurricane Sandy at Night

This satellite image shows the cloud tops of Hurricane Sandy lit by a nearly full moon.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and the University of Wisconsin's Community Satellite Processing Package. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published October 26, 2012
Data acquired October 26, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS