
NASA Sees Soudelor Reach Category 5 Typhoon Status
NASA's Aqua satellite and RapidScat instrument analyzed Super typhoon Soudelor's extent and winds as it reached Category Five typhoon status on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. On Aug. 4, 2015, at 4:10 UTC (12:10 a.m. EDT) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible-light image of Super typhoon Soudelor. Read more: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2015/soudelor-northwestern-pacific-ocean" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2015/soudelor-northwestern-p...</a> Credits: NASA Goddard's MODIS Rapid Response Team