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Data acquired July 24 - 24, 2002 750 x 975 177 KB - JPEG
Data acquired July 24 - 24, 2002 1500 x 1950 590 KB - JPEG
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Data acquired July 24 - 24, 2002 6000 x 7800 5 MB - JPEG
This true-color image from July 24, 2002, shows Hurricane Elida off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. Elida may look like a large, menacing storm, but did not, in fact, make landfall. The common track for storms that originate in that part of the ocean is to drift northwest, away from land. They do, however, kick up powerful, which draws surfers from all over the world. The image wqas captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published August 16, 2002 Data acquired July 24 - 24, 2002