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Hurricane Matthew off South Carolina

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Oct 08, 2016
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2016-10-08 00:00:00
October 8, 2016

At 2:20 p.m. local time (18:20 Universal Time) on October 8, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image of Hurricane Matthew as the storm churned along the coast of South Carolina.

  1. More NASA Coverage of Matthew

  2. NASA Earth Observatory (2016, October) Matthew.
  3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2016, October 8, ) Matthew (Atlantic Ocean) Accessed October 8, 2016.
  4. NASA Precipitation Measurement Mission (2016, October 7) Video: A Look Inside Matthew. Accessed October 8, 2016.
  5. Hazards Data Distribution System Explorer (2016, October 8) Hurricane Matthew. Accessed October 8, 2016.

References & Resources

  • National Hurricane Center (2016, October 8) Hurricane Matthew. Accessed October 8, 2016.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Adam Voiland.

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