September 17, 2003 - (date of web publication)

Hurricane Isabel Powering Toward the U.S.

NASA satellites capture many different perspectives of Hurricane Isabel. Twice a day, every day, two satellites fly over the planet capturing highly detailed images of the Earth.

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Credit: NASA/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

This animated sequence shows eight days of high-resolution images of Hurricane Isabel. These images are so detailed that you can see the wind vortices inside the eye. These images were captured September 8, 10,11,12, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2003. NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments onboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites acquired the data for these images. Click here to view the animated seqence provided by the Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS).

Here is another view of Isabel on September 17th from the SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor) instrument.

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Credit: NASA/Orbimage

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Three different high resolution images from the animation above:
High resolution from animation - Image 1
High resolution from animation - Image 2
High resolution from animation - Image 3

Click here to get a movie of Isabel's progression through September 18, 2003

More stories pertaining to Isabel
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September 16, 2003 view of Isabel
September 15, 2003 view of Isabel
September 12, 2003 view of Isabel
September 11, 2003 view of Isabel

For more information contact:

Rani D. Chohan
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-286-2483

National Hurricane Center

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