June 29, 2004
The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Mindulle on June 29, 2004 at 2:20 UTC as the storm was located approximately 450 miles south-southeast of Tapei, Taiwan. At the time this image was taken, Mindulle had sustained winds of 144 mph with higher gusts to 173 mph. Mindulle was expected to drift towards the west and make landfall over the northern Philippines.
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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
