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Typhoon Tingting

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Jun 30, 2004
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2004-06-29 00:00:00
June 29, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Tingting on June 29, 2004 at 3:45 UTC. At that time, Tingting was located approximately 345 miles south-southeast of Iwo Jima and was packing sustained winds of 92 mph with higher gusts to 115 mph. The storm was forecast to strengthen and continue on a west-northwest path.

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

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