Hurricane Fausto

NASA Earth Observatory

Aug 27, 2002

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August 25, 2002

Hurricane Fausto weakened as it moved westward in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and by the time this image was acquired on August 25, 2002, it had dropped from Category 4 to Category 2 hurricane status. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

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

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