File:Hurricane Isabel's Eye, 2003 (50700828937).png
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[edit]DescriptionHurricane Isabel's Eye, 2003 (50700828937).png |
English: NOAA's GOES-12 satellite acquired this visible image of Hurricane Isabel (left) on September 12, 2003, while it was a powerful Category-5 storm in the Atlantic. During this time of rapid intensification, the satellite caught a fascinating phenomenon in Isabel's eye (close-up, right). This star-shaped pattern in the eye was due to the presence of six smaller circulations within the eye called mesovortices—one in the center and five others arranged fairly symmetrically around the center. The mesovortices that form in hurricanes play an essential role in hurricane intensification. Hurricane Isabel made landfall in North Carolina as a much weaker Category-2 storm on September 18, 2003, but it still produced some of the highest storm surges in history—6 to 9 feet—around the Chesapeake Bay and tidal Potomac River basin. |
Date | Taken on 12 September 2003 |
Source | Hurricane Isabel's Eye, 2003 |
Author | NOAASatellites |
Flickr set InfoField | Five Decades from Above |
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[edit]This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700828937. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
20 February 2024
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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.
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