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Hurricane Kate

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2003-10-04 00:00:00
October 4, 2003

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Kate on October 4, 2003 at 14:20 UTC. At the time this image was taken Kate had sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving towards the west at 12 mph.

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

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