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Image: Hurricane Gaston 2004

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Description: The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Gaston just after it came ashore near McClellanville, South Carolina. At the time this image was taken, Gaston had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph and was dumping copious amounts rain in North and South Carolina. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.
Title: Hurricane Gaston 2004
Credit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12377
Author: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Permission: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. Čeština | Deutsch | Zazaki | English | Español | Eesti | Suomi | Français | Magyar | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Română | Русский | Sicilianu | Slovenščina | Türkçe | 中文 | 中文(简体)‎ | +/−
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