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The MODIS instrument onboard NASAâs Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Koppu on September 29, 2003. In this image, Koppu is located 250 miles north of Iwo Jima. The storm was moving to the north-northeast at 12 mph and packing sustained winds of 75 mph with gusts to 100 mph.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
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