Image:Typhoon Yuri eye.jpg

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STS044-093-080 Typhoon Yuri, Pacific Ocean November 1991 This spectacular, low-oblique photograph shows the bowl-shaped eye (center of photograph) of Typhoon Yuri in the western Pacific Ocean just west of the Northern Mariana Islands. The eye wall descends almost to the sea surface, a distance of nearly 45 000 feet (13 800 meters). In this case the eye is filled with clouds, but in many cases the sea surface can be seen through the eye. Yuri grew to super typhoon status, packing maximum sustained winds estimated at 165 miles (270 kilometers) per hour, with gusts reaching an estimated 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour. The storm moved west toward the Philippine Islands before turning northeast into the north Pacific Ocean, thus avoiding any major landmass.
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http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS044-93-80
Date

1991-11-28
Author

Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center
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