Hurricane Celia

Space News · (#1 (**permalink**))

Perfectly circular, powerful Hurricane Celia spaned hundreds of miles over the Pacific Ocean in this image from June 24, 2010. Rough-textured clouds surround the storm’s distinct eye. Farther from the center of the storm, spiral arms appear thinner and smoother. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Celia at 1:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on June 24, 2010. Just five minutes later, the U.S. National Hurricane Center classified Celia as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. Image Credit: NASA

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russ · (#2 (**permalink**))

wow what a lovely pic of M101.

Would not want to be under that.

Earl_UK · (#3 (**permalink**))

I thought they were Cyclones if there over the Pacific and Hurricanes over the atlantic?

kris h · (#4 (**permalink**))

What a Beautiful picture that is

I remember reading something about this in the atlantic they are called Hurricanes and for the Pacific they are called cyclones typhoons they are the same thing but different names

abumuhannadh · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Earl_UK

I thought they were Cyclones if there over the Pacific and Hurricanes over the atlantic?

i think it is Hurricane for Atlantic, Typhoon for Pacific and Cyclone for Indian ocean.

it's the same thing anyways