Tropical Cyclone Harriet (21S) off Jave and Australia

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

On March 5, 2003, theModerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Harriet (21S). With sustained winds near 55 km per hour (35 mph), Harriet was located approximately 368 miles north-northeast of Learmonth, Australia, and was moving towards the south-southeast at 17 km per hour (10 mph).

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-03-05