GOES-13 Sees Massive Hurricane Igor (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GOES-13 Sees Massive Hurricane Igor

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This visible satellite image of Hurricane Igor from the GOES-13 satellite was captured at 1145 UTC (7:45 a.m. EDT) and shows his huge size (now 706 miles in diameter) as he moves into the Canadian Maritimes (top left). Tropical Storm Lisa is seen in the far eastern Atlantic in the larger image.

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NOAA/NASA GOES Project

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