Hurricane Frances

Hurricane Frances

E155/0159 Rights Managed

Request low-res file

530 pixels on longest edge, unwatermarked

Request/Download high-res file

Uncompressed file size: 6.6MB

Downloadable file size: 269.1KB

Price image Pricing

Please login to use the price calculator


Restrictions: This image may not be used to state or imply NOAA endorsement of any company or product

Caption: Hurricane Frances. Satellite image of Hurricane Frances passing north of the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico (lower centre) and Hispaniola (lower left, Haiti and Dominican Republic). This is 19:45 GMT on 31 August 2004. Hurricane Frances continued slowly to the north-west (upper left) and passed over the Bahamas before it reached Florida on 3-5 September 2004. Hurricanes are enormous rotating tropical storm systems. The winds can reach over 240 kilometres an hour, causing immense damage and flooding. Image from the GOES weather satellite.


Keywords: 21st century, 31/08/2004, 31st august 2004, atlantic, caribbean, climatological, climatology, cloud, clouds, coast, dominican republic, earth observation, extreme, eye, forecasting, frances, from space, goes weather satellite, haiti, hispaniola, hurricane, island, islands, land, meteorological, meteorology, natural disaster, ocean, one, puerto rico, satellite image, sea, severe, single, spiral, spiralling, storm, strong, system, tropical, warning, weather, wind, windy
