Isabel_2003-09-11_1415Z_(alternate,_cropped).jpg

Summary

Description	English: The MODIS instrument onboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this bird’s-eye view of Hurricane Isabel (13L) at 14:15 UTC on September 11, 2003. In this image Isabel is located at 530 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and was packing maximum sustained winds near 160 miles per hour, ranking as a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Date	11 September 2003
Source	http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5860
Author	Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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