NASA satellite measures monstrous Hurricane Igor as a '10 hour drive'

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

Hurricane Igor is a monster hurricane in terms of strength and size. To get a perspective on its size, it is the same distance from one end of the storm to the other as it is from Boston, Mass. to Richmond, Va., some 550 miles. That's a 10-hour drive from one end to the other, and NASA satellites captured that entire distance in one image...

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