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2005 Hurricane Rita

On Tuesday, September 20 at 2 p.m. ET, Hurricane Rita's sustained winds reached 100 miles per hour. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Rita at 18:35 UTC or 2:35 p.m. ET.


Overview satellite imagery of Hurricane Rita
Satellite image of Hurricane Rita, as of Sept. 20, 2005
Overview satellite imagery of Hurricane Rita
[Source:NASA]



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