Hurricane Isabel northeast of the Lesser Antilles

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Isabel northeast of the Lesser Antilles Islands. At the time Isabel maintained a rare Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-09-12