Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite.

Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas : Natural Hazards

earthobservatory.nasa.gov 28 Oct '12, 8pm

Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite.

At noon Eastern Daylight Time (16:00 Universal Time) on October 28, 2012, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image of Hurricane Sandy off the southeastern United States. At 11 a.m. local time (one hour before the image was captured), the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that the storm was located at 32.5° North and 72.6° West, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 575 miles (930 kilometers) south of New York City. Maximum sustained winds were 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, and the central pressure was 951 millibars (28.08 inches). Forecasters predicted that the storm would continue heading north-northeast until the morning of October 29, and then take a hard turn to the northwest into the coastline of Delaware, New Jersey, or New York. The wind field from t...

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@goldeneagle19 » 29 Oct '12, 7pm
NASA -sandy by our Terra satellite [link] #oceancity #sandychat #longisland #newyork #nj #Sandy
@seandhattersley » 29 Oct '12, 4pm
@Olivelavender I respect the awesome power of nature, its simply beautiful thought [link] @holnicoteNT
@sarita1989D » 29 Oct '12, 2pm
NASA Earth Observatory : [link]
@SunBizGriffin » 29 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @shanmcf: Crazy. RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@themosmitsos » 29 Oct '12, 7am
Hurricane Sandy Vagina →→ RT @NASA [link] ♦▬♦ [link] ♦▬♦ https://t.co/IsEoQnXz ♦▬♦ [link]
@Sebiseba78 » 29 Oct '12, 6am
a va faire mal là bas ! RT @NASA Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@BrowneRachel » 29 Oct '12, 6am
RT @DsSoc: RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@KaFeTe12 » 29 Oct '12, 6am
RT @ChatoTwitteando: Foto de la tormenta (anterior huracán #Sandy ) que ha obligado a cerrar el JFK... Mareeee mia [link]
@JPaulNv2 » 29 Oct '12, 6am
Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas [link] via @zite zowie
@JavierRdrigz » 29 Oct '12, 5am
Foto de la tormenta (anterior huracán #Sandy ) que ha obligado a cerrar el JFK... Mareeee mia [link]
@Titiduvar » 29 Oct '12, 4am
"@actualites_nrv: Le monstrueux #Hurricane #Sandy qui menace #NewYork vu de l'espace [link] via @NASA_EO"
@melissalvla » 29 Oct '12, 4am
RT @AlCantHang: So this big, crazy chick wants to come over to my house tomorrow. [link]
@neighboursworld » 29 Oct '12, 3am
RT @SciencePresse: Très impressionnant. NASA: image de #Sandy dimanche midi, au large des Carolines. [link]
@AlCantHang » 29 Oct '12, 3am
So this big, crazy chick wants to come over to my house tomorrow. [link]
» 29 Oct '12, 2am
Le monstrueux #Hurricane #Sandy qui menace #NewYork vu de l'espace [link] via @NASA_EO
» 29 Oct '12, 2am
RT @BernardBrodeur: Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas : Natural Hazards [link]
@Chromaticity91 » 29 Oct '12, 2am
@NASA "Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]" Amazing how big it got.
@BernardBrodeur » 29 Oct '12, 2am
Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas : Natural Hazards [link]
@SciencePresse » 29 Oct '12, 2am
Très impressionnant. NASA: image de #Sandy dimanche midi, au large des Carolines. [link]
@McKinners » 29 Oct '12, 2am
That is one big storm RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@Lummox123 » 29 Oct '12, 2am
@mcbrisbin intense!!! [link]
@EHired » 29 Oct '12, 1am
RT @MarisaMagnatta: "@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]"
@CSarkisGraham » 29 Oct '12, 1am
@NASA satellite shot of hurricane #Sandy. #spaceimproveseverything [link]
@ExiledRose » 29 Oct '12, 1am
“@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]” #Beautiful&Terrifying
@LuceroNoemi1 » 29 Oct '12, 1am
@plastinela piba q mello ya viste esto [link]
@StephenApp » 29 Oct '12, 1am
RT @lizcies: This is crazy. RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@spencersaunders » 28 Oct '12, 11pm
So this was this was hurricane #sandy ... 8 hours ago: [link]
@alizardx » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @deborahblum: Stay safe all: RT @lehotz Vast pinwheeling storm. RT @NASA: Satellite imaged Hurricane #Sandy today off the Carolinas. [link]
@roybelly » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @SharonPWarner: RT Holy bleep “@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]”
@SharonPWarner » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
RT Holy bleep “@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]”
@deborahblum » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
Stay safe all: RT @lehotz Vast pinwheeling storm. RT @NASA: Satellite imaged Hurricane #Sandy today off the Carolinas. [link]
@jxmullins » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
FrakenStorm almost makes me miss my wx daze, almost MT "@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy today off the Carolinas from Terra Sat [link]”
@grhluna25 » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @AwelEvans: Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas [link]
@Jane_Samuels » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
#Sandy : Fantastic sound and filming from NYC webcam [link] & NASA Satellite [link] via @Gian_TCatt Thank you !
@jennifer_jj » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @JProskowGlobal: Wow! RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this aft off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@TiffanyWLepack » 28 Oct '12, 10pm
“@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]” @CouncillorMcRae
@AwelEvans » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
@Hughes_Matt This is what you call m-a-r-v-e-l-lous [link]
@Roach » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @schierholz: “@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]”
@Gian_TCatt » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
@Jane_Samuels Now you can check on #sandy to see if he's ok | NYC webcam: [link] | NASA Satellite: [link]
@CharlesCrawford » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
WOW you have a big one RT @jamesmenendez Here's the storm... #sandy [link]
@riinah1 » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
Awesome RT “@NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]”
@LaurenceHZ » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
Just to get a proper perspective on #Sandy -it's a real monster of a storm! [link]
@Raptor2u » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
#HurricaneSandy just off the coast at Cape Hatteras. Big sized storm. #Sandy #weather [link]
@OCCUPYLOCALGOVT » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
#NASA satellite imagery of hurricane #sandy [link] | + #StatueofLiberty live webcam [link] #StormPorn
@MattShorter » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @JProskowGlobal: Wow! RT @NASA: Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@FunSizedKidd » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
damnnnnnum! [link]
@jamesmenendez » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
Here's the storm... #sandy [link]
@kike_gavilan11 » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @Kike_Gavilan: RT @NASA Hurricane #Sandy this afternoon off the Carolinas, as seen by our Terra satellite. [link]
@THORtita » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
Impresionante imagen del huracán #Sandy tomada hoy por el satélite Terra. [link]
@NickPuleo » 28 Oct '12, 9pm
This is a crazy pic of the storm from NASA. [link]