Portal:Tropical cyclones/Selected image/16
(Redirected from Portal:Tropical cyclones/Selected picture/Cyclone Gafilo)
The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Gafilo churning in the waters northwest of Madagascar on March 6, 2004. At the time this image was taken, Gafilo has sustained winds of approximately 160 mph. Cyclone warnings had been posted for all of northwestern Madagascar.