This visible image of Hurricane Irene from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite was taken on August 26, 2011 at 18:05 UTC (2:05 p.m. EDT), when Hurricane Irene was off the Carolinas.
The National Hurricane Center notes that some re-intensification is possible today and Irene is expected to be near the threshold between Category 2 and 3 as it reaches the North Carolina coast.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
For more information about Hurricane Irene go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2011/h2011...
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RavenEcho (edward steven perry) 32 months ago | reply
Thanks NASA
WF&DT 32 months ago | reply
holy cats
texan photography 32 months ago | reply
cool shot
agnesks 32 months ago | reply
amazing picture..
RW ©™ [deleted] 32 months ago | reply
That does not look like good news at all. Cool shot, though.
DarkAngelDay 32 months ago | reply
Very big, but cool photo
█ fo112 █ 32 months ago | reply
wow
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Rafał P. 32 months ago | reply
Great!
dodagp 32 months ago | reply
What a pity!
Despite its peaceful name ...it is so catastrophic ...
Irene=peace; Presumably,a euphemism to propitiate its hostile disposition.
K)) [deleted] 32 months ago | reply
Good capture.
The guy with the purple car 32 months ago | reply
Wow.
Charles Augustus 32 months ago | reply
Beautiful spiral....