Tropical Cyclone Eseta off Fiji

Tropical Cyclone Eseta off Fiji

Topical Cyclone Eseta blew past Fiji on March 13, 2003, and was rapidly weakening on March 14, as it moved toward the South Pole. This true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite shows Eseta southeast of Fiji (upper left) on March 13, 2003.

The high-resolution image provided above is 1 kilometer per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC