NASA MODIS Image of Hurricane Julia (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA MODIS Image of Hurricane Julia

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On Sept. 14 at 8:40 a.m. EDT the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Hurricane Julia before her rapid intensification. In that image, her eye was cloud-filled.

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NASA Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response Team

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