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Typhoon Tokage

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Oct 19, 2004
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2004-10-19 00:00:00
October 19, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Tokage on October 19, 2004 at 2:15 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Tokage was located approximately 98 miles south-southest of Okinawa, Japan and had maximum sustained winds near 86 mph.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.

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NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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