Though Typhoon Choi-wan maintains its tightly wound symmetric shape in this photo-like image from September 18, 2009, the striking clear eye of previous days is gone.
Typhoon Nakri was swirling in the western Pacific Ocean as a powerful Category 4 storm when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite viewed it on May 29, 2008.