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Super Typhoon Maemi (15W) south of Japan

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Maemi located south-southeast of Okinawa, Japan. At the time this image was taken, Maemi was packing sustained winds of 130 mph with gusts to 160 mph.

Maemi is the Korean name for a cicada that legend says chirps madly to warn of a coming typhoon.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published September 9, 2003
Data acquired September 9 - 9, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topic:
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Typhoons
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth