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Tropical Cyclone Erica (22P)

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2024-03-11 12:00:00
March 11, 2003

This combination image made of two consecutive passes of the Terra satellite over the southwestern Pacific Ocean shows Tropical Cyclone Eseta off the island of Fiji (right) and Tropical Cyclone Erica off the northeast coast of Australia (bottom left). The image was acquired on March 11, 2003.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

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

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