File:Hernan 2002-09-02 1815Z.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(6,800 × 8,800 pixels, file size: 7.68 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size. Open in ZoomViewer

Summary

[edit]
Description This true-color image of Hurricane Hernan off of Baja California was captured on September 2, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. In this image, Hernan is moving up the eastern Pacific along the coast of Mexico with Category 3 winds of around 130 miles (200 kilometers) per hour. Hernan peaked on Sunday, September 1 as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 miles (260 kilometers). Hernan is the only hurricane to reach Category 5 status out of a total of six hurricanes so far this season in the eastern Pacific.
Date
Source http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002245-0902/Hernan.A2002245.1815.2km.jpg
Author Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:54, 12 November 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:54, 12 November 20066,800 × 8,800 (7.68 MB)Good kitty (talk | contribs)==Summary== {{Information |Description=This true-color image of Hurricane Hernan off of Baja California was captured on September 2, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. In this image,

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Hernan_2002-09-02_1815Z.jpg&oldid=800127994"