Hurricane Elida can be seen over the western Pacific Ocean just south of Baja California in this true color image taken on July 24, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The hurricane was packing sustained winds of over 200 kilometers (127 miles) per hour as of 18:00 UTC on July 25, 2002. It’s expected to dwindle to a tropical storm within 18 hours.
Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
