Hurricane Sandy's huge cloud extent on Oct. 26, 2012 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hurricane Sandy's huge cloud extent on Oct. 26, 2012

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This visible image was taken from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on Friday, Oct. 26 at 1415 UTC (10:15 a.m. EDT) and shows Hurricane Sandy's huge cloud extent of up to 2,000 miles while centered over the Bahamas, and the line of clouds associated with a powerful cold front approaching the U.S. east coast.

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NASA GOES Project

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