Hurricane Elida can be seen over the western Pacific Ocean just southwest of Baja California in this true color image taken on July 25, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The hurricane was packing sustained winds of over 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour as of 12:00 UTC on July 26, 2002. It’s expected to head northwest across the Pacific Ocean, eventually diminishing to a tropical depression.
Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
