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Hurricane Frances

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Aug 30, 2004
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2004-08-28 00:00:00
August 28, 2004

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances swirling in the tropical Atlantic Ocean on August 28 at 14:15 UTC (10:15 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was located approximately 1190 km (740 miles) east of the northern Leeward Islands and was moving towards the northwest at 15 km/hr (9 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 195 km/hr (120 mph) with an estimated minimum central pressure of 958 mmillibars.

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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