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Tropical Cyclone Eseta off Fiji

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2024-03-13 12:00:00
March 13, 2003

Topical Cyclone Eseta blew past Fiji on March 13, 2003, and was rapidly weakening on March 14, as it moved toward the South Pole. This true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite shows Eseta southeast of Fiji (upper left) on March 13, 2003.

The high-resolution image provided above is 1 kilometer 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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