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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Taken on 2012-10-28

"At 2 p.m. EDT, shortly after the still image above was acquired, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that Sandy was located at 32.8° North and 71.9° West, about 575 miles (930 kilometers) south of New York City. Maximum sustained winds were observed at 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, and the barometric pressure at the center of the storm was 951 millibars (28.08 inches)." Caption by Mark Carlowicz

Source: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

Uploaded by MicroscopeLens on 2014-08-07

Hurricane Sandy Covering East United States

Hurricane Sandy Covering East United States

Taken on 2012-10-09

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of Hurricane Sandy at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (18:20 Universal Time) on October 29, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9XAAw5nFes

Source: NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team

Uploaded by MicroscopeLens on 2014-08-07

Hurricane Igor

Hurricane Igor

Taken on 2010-09-14

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this digital photograph of the eye of Hurricane Igor at 10:56 Atlantic Daylight Time (13:56 UTC) on September 14, 2010. The storm was a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. At the time of the image, Igor was centered in the Atlantic Ocean near 18° N 52° W and slowly moving west-northwest at 11 kilometers (7 miles) per hour, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds of 213 km (132 mi.) per hour, with gusts to 259 km (161 mi.) per hour.

Source: NASA/Expedition 24 Crew

Uploaded by MicroscopeLens on 2014-08-07

Tropical Storm Andrea

Tropical Storm Andrea

Taken on 2007-05-10

Subtropical Storm Andrea had weakened into a subtropical depression off the Florida coast when this image was taken by NASA's Aqua Satellite on May 10, 2007. The smoke plume from a major fire near the Florida/Georgia border is also visible in this image.

Source: NASA

Uploaded by MicroscopeLens on 2014-06-11