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Summary

Description

This true-color image of Hurricane Hernan off of Baja California was captured on September 1, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. Hernan peaked on Sunday, September 1 as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 miles (260 kilometers). Hernan is the only hurricane to reach Category 5 status out of a total of six hurricanes to occur so far this season in the eastern Pacific.

Date

1 September 2002

Source

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002244-0901/Hernan.A2002244.2035.2km.jpg

Author

Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:48, 29 September 2023	6,800 × 8,800 (7.02 MB)	Nino Marakot	Reverted to version as of 11:42, 26 July 2023 (UTC) Uploading separately
	02:09, 7 August 2023	5,200 × 7,100 (12.09 MB)	FooBarBaz	That's worse.
	11:42, 26 July 2023	6,800 × 8,800 (7.02 MB)	Nino Marakot	Reverted to version as of 21:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
	23:27, 2 December 2022	5,200 × 7,100 (12.09 MB)	TheWxResearcher	m
	22:59, 2 December 2022	5,300 × 7,200 (12.57 MB)	TheWxResearcher	Centered
	21:49, 11 November 2006	6,800 × 8,800 (7.02 MB)	Good kitty
	22:36, 11 January 2006	540 × 405 (52 KB)	Miss Madeline~commonswiki	From [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=4737 NASA MODIS Land Rapid Response Team and Earth Obervatory] 2002's Hurricane Hernan. Category:Pacific hurricanes Category:Category 5 hurricanes