File:Typhoon ele 2002 august 30.jpg

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Description

Hurricane Ele became Typhoon Ele as it crossed the International Date Line this past weekend. The typhoon/hurricane be seen in the central Pacific in this true-color image taken on August 30, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. As of September 3, the typhoon was several hundred miles east of the International Date Line and making its way north through the Pacific, packing sustained winds of up to 121 miles (195 kilometers) per hour.

Date

30 August 2002

Source

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002242-0830/Ele.A2002242.2240.2km.jpg

Author

Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:30, 2 January 2010	8,000 × 8,000 (8.34 MB)	Juliancolton	Reverted to version as of 15:04, 22 September 2006
	02:24, 28 December 2009	8,000 × 8,000 (8.31 MB)	Supportstorm	Fix?
	02:16, 28 December 2009	8,000 × 8,000 (8.31 MB)	Supportstorm	Image Touch up
	15:04, 22 September 2006	8,000 × 8,000 (8.34 MB)	Good kitty
	03:38, 22 August 2006	6,000 × 6,000 (3.73 MB)	Good kitty
	22:42, 11 January 2006	540 × 540 (53 KB)	Miss Madeline~commonswiki	From [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=4727 NASA MODIS Rapid Response Team and Earth Observatory] 2002 Hurricane/Typhoon Ele Category:Pacific hurricanes Category:Pacific typhoons [[Category:Category