With sustained winds near 112 km per hour (70 mph), Tropical Cyclone Japhet (19S) is thriving in the warm waters between Madagascar and Mozambique. This true-color image of the storm was acquired on February 27, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 500 meters per pixel. Visit the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2003058-0227 MODIS Rapid Response Team , for a copy of this scene at MODIS' full resolution of 250 meters per pixel.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2012 18:55 |
| Photo ID: | 762259 |
| Resolution: | 1800x2200 |
| Size: | 951.98 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 8 |
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