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Description

“ Katrina is comparable in intensity to Hurricane Camille of 1969, only larger,” warned the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, August 28, 2005. By this time, Hurricane Katrina was set to become one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, with winds of 257 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. The air pressure, another indicator of hurricane strength, at the center of this Category 5 storm measured 902 millibars, the fourth lowest air pressure on record for an Atlantic storm. The lower the air pressure, the more powerful the storm.

Two hours after the National Hurricane Center issued their warning, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this image from NASA’s Terra satellite at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. The massive storm covers much of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning from the U.S. coast to the Yucatan Peninsula.

Date

28 August 2005

Source

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7938

Author

Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:21, 18 April 2021	6,200 × 8,000 (9.5 MB)	FleurDeOdile	Reverted to version as of 21:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC) how dare you do that to an iconic picture
	19:42, 17 April 2021	3,250 × 4,076 (2.02 MB)	Pilas24	Straightened
	21:42, 18 October 2010	6,200 × 8,000 (9.5 MB)	Potapych	moved picture to new location File:Hurricane Katrina August 28 2005 cropped.jpg
	00:43, 30 September 2010	5,000 × 5,000 (5.45 MB)	HurricaneSpin	Reverted to version as of 05:28, 18 September 2010
	17:17, 18 September 2010	6,200 × 8,000 (9.5 MB)	Potapych	Upload it as a new file, please. The other one has a black bar in the corner and very little left of the scene
	05:28, 18 September 2010	5,000 × 5,000 (5.45 MB)	HurricaneSpin	It's always better to have image facing north
	03:19, 18 September 2010	6,200 × 8,000 (9.5 MB)	Potapych	Reverted to version as of 16:42, 26 August 2006 This one is far superior to all the subsequent versions
	18:50, 17 September 2010	5,000 × 5,000 (5.45 MB)	HurricaneSpin	Cropped little bit more.
	18:16, 17 September 2010	6,500 × 7,000 (10.18 MB)	HurricaneSpin	North orientation and cropped.
	22:32, 7 October 2008	6,200 × 8,000 (9.5 MB)	Infrogmation	Reverted to version as of 16:42, 26 August 2006