March 20, 2009
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa was heading west-southwest in the Indian Ocean on March 20, 2009, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image. Ilsa reached Category 3 strength on March 19, but as of March 20, has weakened to Category 2.
The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS’ full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions.
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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
