Special sensors on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of the storm and the East Coast.
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As the U.S. East Coast prepared for landfall of the potent storm, Sandy churned up the Atlantic Ocean along the Gulf Stream.
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The dramatic late-season storm was observed shortly before making landfall on the U.S. Northeast Coast.
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A U.S. geostationary weather satellite captured this image of the storm on the afternoon of October 28, 2012.
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NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color view of the storm just before it hit New Jersey.
Acquired October 23, 2012, this image shows Tropical Storm Sandy over the Caribbean Sea.
This satellite image shows the cloud tops of Hurricane Sandy lit by a nearly full moon.
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The storm became the Atlantic Ocean basin’s first hurricane of 2017.
Acquired August 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Frank just off the coast of Mexico.
The storm was expected to make landfall on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, while marching straight up the Mississippi River basin.
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Special sensors on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of the storm and the East Coast of the United States as lit by moonlight.
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