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Hurricane Ivan

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Sep 16, 2004
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2004-09-16 00:00:00
September 16, 2004

The MODIS instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004 at 16:20 UTC (12:20 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was moving north-northeastward across Alabama and had weaked to a tropical storm. Maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph with higher gusts and Ivan was moving towards thr north-northeast at 14 mph. The image is available in additional resolutions and formats.

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Image by Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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