Acquired October 3, 2009, this true-color image shows Typhoon Parma hovering over the island of Luzon. Storm clouds stretch from the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea.
A little over 1,000 kilometers separated the center of Tropical Storm Parma from the center of Typhoon Melor on October 6, when the this composite image was taken.
Moving northwest toward southern China and Vietnam, the massive Typhoon Nesat covers most of the South China Sea in this photo-like satellite image from September 28, 2011.