Hurricane Patricia over Mexico

On Oct. 23 at 17:30 UTC (1:30 p.m. EDT) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite saw Hurricane Patricia moving over Mexico.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

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