July 25, 2002
Hurricane Elida can be seen over the western Pacific Ocean just southwest of Baja California in this true color image taken on July 25, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The hurricane was packing sustained winds of over 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour as of 12:00 UTC on July 26, 2002. It’s expected to head northwest across the Pacific Ocean, eventually diminishing to a tropical depression.
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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
