Tropical Cyclone 01A

Tropical Cyclone 01A

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone 01A swirling in the Arabia Sea. The center of the storm was close to 250 km south of Veraval and was moving north towards the southern coast of Gujarat state with winds of 60-80 km/hr.

Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC