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Animation of Hurricane Isaac

Super rapid scan images of Hurricane Isaac taken from geostationary orbit reveal the movement of clouds at different altitudes.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Animation of Hurricane Isaac.

NASA animation using images from NOAA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published August 29, 2012
Data acquired August 28, 2012