September 17, 2003
Hurricane Isabel creeps closer to the US east coast in this true-color MODIS image takenby the Terra satellite on September 17, 2003 at 11:09 am, US Eastern time.Though downgraded to a powerful Category 2 hurricane, Isabel was packingsustained winds of 110 miles per hour. The storm is about 400 milessouth-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in this image.
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
