File:Typhoon Mitag 06 mar 2002 0210Z.jpg

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Summary

Description

Now downgraded to a tropical depression, Typhoon Mitag can be seen at full strength in this true-color image taken on March 6, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft. The green islands in the lower left-hand corner of the image are the Philippines.

The typhoon, which formed to the south, moved northward late last week and skirted dangerously close to the Philippines before turning northwest and dissipating in the Philippine Sea late this week. On Monday, March 4, 2002, the typhoon bore sustained winds of 160 kilometers (99 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour. On average, roughly 20 tropical storms and typhoons pass through this region of the Pacific Ocean each year.

Date

6 March 2002

Source

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002065-0306/Mitag.A2002065.0210.2km.jpg

Author

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:09, 9 September 2015	6,800 × 8,800 (6.82 MB)	Supportstorm	Reverted to version as of 19:32, 2 December 2006
	00:29, 23 August 2015	3,400 × 4,400 (2.11 MB)	Nino Marakot	Gallery
	14:22, 23 July 2010	6,800 × 8,800 (6.63 MB)	Supportstorm	Contrast Correction
	19:32, 2 December 2006	6,800 × 8,800 (6.82 MB)	Good kitty	== Summary == {{Information \|Description=Now downgraded to a tropical depression, Typhoon Mitag can be seen at full strength in this true-color image taken on March 6, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?