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DescriptionSandy 2012-10-29 1820Z.jpg	English: Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite taken at 2:20 p.m. EDT (18:20 UTC) on October 29, 2012. At 2:00 p.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm was located at 38.3°N, 73.1°W, about 110 mi (180 km) southeast of Atlantic City, MJ, and 175 mi (285 km) south-southeast of New York City. Maximum sustained winds were 90 mph (150 km/h), and the central minimum pressure was 940 mbar(27.76 inHg).
Date	29 October 2012
Source	http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ (Losslessly converted from progressive to baseline mode to allow thumbnail creation on Commons).
Author	NASA

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current	12:57, 16 January 2013	7,200 × 9,400 (12.94 MB)	Moogsi
	07:49, 16 January 2013	7,200 × 9,400 (12.69 MB)	Inks.LWC	Try this again
	07:44, 16 January 2013	7,200 × 9,400 (12.69 MB)	Inks.LWC	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite taken at 2:20 p.m. EDT (18:20 UTC) on October 29, 2012. At 2:00 p.m. EDT, the National H...