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Typhoon Etau

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Aug 06, 2003
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2003-08-06 00:00:00
August 6, 2003

The MODIS instrument onboard the Aqua spacecraft captured this true-color image of Typhoon Etau—the 10th typhoon of the season—as it was located 470 kilometers south-southeast of Naha, capital of Okinawa Prefecture. Etau was moving north-northwest at 25 km per hour with sustained winds of 165 km per hour (104 mph) and is expected to reach Okinawa Island very early tomorrow morning.

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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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