Tropical Cyclone Bento

Tropical Cyclone Bento

The MODIS instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Bento on November 22, 2004 at 05:20 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Bento was located approximately 380 miles east-southeast of Diego Garcia and was moving towards the southwest at 5 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph with gusts to 92 mph.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team.