Tropical Storms Fengshen and Fung-Wong off Korea and Japan

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This unusual true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured on July 26, 2002, shows two Typhoon systems approaching the Far East. The largest storm, draped over Korea (top left) and southwestern Japan (top right), is Fengshen. The smaller storm to the southeast is Fung Wong.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2002-08-18