Hurricane Isabel

These images, acquired by the Landsat 5 satellite, show dramatic changes Hurricane Isabel wrought on the North Carolina shoreline.

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this bird’s-eye view of Hurricane Isabel churning away in the tropical Atlantic ocean. At the time this image was taken, Isabel had become the second major hurricane of the season (Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph. Isabel was located approximately 1265 miles east of the Leeward Islands and was moving towards the west-northwest at 14 mph.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-09-08

  • Event Start Date

    2003-09-08

  • NH Image ID

    11689

  • NH Event ID

    10151

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-09-09