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There was a large low-pressure system off Australia’s southern coast on February 20, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard the Orbview-2 satellite.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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