Hurricane Alex, located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, as observed by NASA Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRS.
These images of hurricane Alex were captured on August 3, 2004 at 1:30pm EDT. Located in the Atlantic Ocean located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, Alex is now a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds were near 100 mph (161 kph). Alex's center was about 65 miles (104 kilometers) northeast of Cape Hatteras and moving away from the U.S. coast. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00440
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PIA00440
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August 3, 2004
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JPL
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