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Typhoon Nanmadol

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Dec 01, 2004
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2004-12-01 00:00:00
December 1, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Nanmadol at 02:00 UTC on December 1, 2004. At the time this image was taken Nanmadol was located approximately 390 miles west-northwest of Yap and was moving at a brisk 28 mph towards the west-northwest. Maximum sustained winds were near 120 mph with higher gusts to 150 mph.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team.

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