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Hurricane Frances

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Sep 01, 2004
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2004-08-31 00:00:00
August 31, 2004

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances on August 31, 2004 at 17:55 UTC (1:55 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was located approximately 230 km (140 miles) north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico and was moving towards the west near 26 km/hr (16 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 225 km/hr (140 mph) and the storm's minimum central pressure was down to 942 millibars.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.

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NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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