<p>Tropical Cyclone 18S (Isha) was forming in the southern Indian Ocean east of Madagascar on Feb. 12, 2003. This true-color image of the storm was captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite at 0825 UTC. 18S was still a very weak storm, with maximum sustained winds of 30 knots (10-minute average) and a minimum central pressure of 997 mb.
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This image was cropped from a much larger image. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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