The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Frances on September 3, 2004 at 18:24 UTC (2:24 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Frances was wreaking havoc in the Bahamas with sustained winds of 185 km/hr (115 mph) and a storm surge between 1.8 to 4.3 meters (6 and 14 feet) on the west side of Eleuthera Island. Frances was moving towards the west-northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph) and was expected to reach the Florida coast in approximately 24 hours.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. Date 3 September 2004 Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12406 Author NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA's Earth Observatory. Permission
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