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Hurricane Ivan

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Sep 14, 2004
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2004-09-13 00:00:00
September 13, 2004

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on Septebmer 13, 2004 at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 110 km (70 miles) south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba and was moving towards the northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds of 260 km/hr (160 mph) with higher gusts.

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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