Satellite Sees Hurricane Isaac's Double Landfall (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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An animation of satellite observations from Aug. 27-29, 2012, shows Hurricane Isaac move through the Gulf of Mexico and make its first landfall in southeastern Louisiana on Aug. 28 at 7:45 pm EDT (1145 UTC), second landfall on Aug. 29 at 6 am EDT (1000 UTC). This visualization was created by the NASA GOES Project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., using observations from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite.

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Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

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