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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Isabel northeast of the Lesser Antilles Islands. Isabel continues to maintain Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
These images, acquired by the Landsat 5 satellite, show dramatic changes Hurricane Isabel wrought on the North Carolina shoreline.




