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Typhoon Chaba

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Aug 25, 2004
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2004-08-24 00:00:00
August 24, 2004

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Super Typhoon Chapa on August 24, 2005 at 1:30 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Chapa was located approximately 824 km (512 miles) south of Iwo Jima and was moving towards the west-northwest at 20 km/hr (13 mph). Maximum sustained were near 259 km/hr (161 mph) with higher gusts 287 km/hr (178 mph). Chaba is expected to make landfall in southwestern Japan sometime on Friday.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.

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

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