Packing sustained winds of 64 km (40 miles) per hour, and gusts of up to 85 km (53 miles) per hour, Tropical Cyclone 08S formed today in the Mozambique Channel and is moving westward directly toward Mozambique's east coast. The storm is predicted to intensify before it makes landfall early on Jan. 1, 2003 (local time).
This true-color image of Cyclone 08S was acquired on Dec. 31, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), aboard the Terra satellite.
Image courtesy Jeffrey Schmaltz,
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2012 18:11 |
| Photo ID: | 759867 |
| Resolution: | 2000x1600 |
| Size: | 795.09 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 27 |
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