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Tropical Storm Sandy when Its Center Was a Couple of Hundred Miles South of Jamaica

Caption: On Oct. 23, 2012 at 11:45 a.m. EDT , the MODIS instrument captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Sandy when its center was a couple of hundred miles south of Jamaica. Sandy's clouds filled up the eastern Caribbean Sea, and showed signs of good circulation. The MODIS image revealed that Sandy's cloud cover extends over 280 miles.

Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team

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