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Hurricane Juan

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Sep 26, 2003
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2003-09-26 00:00:00
September 26, 2003

The ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terrasatellite captured this image of Hurricane Juan just moments after it wasdeclared the fifth hurricane of the season on September 26, 2003. At thetime, Juan was about 160 miles east of Bermuda, and moving north at 8 milesper hour. Though Bermuda was affected by the storm, it escaped the worst ofthe hurricane’s 75 mile-per-hour winds.

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

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