Hurricane Isaac has been downgraded to a tropical depression.
But the once formidable storm was the source of stunning images
both from outer space and on the ground. Here’s a compilation of
eye-popping images.... Hurricane Isaac just prior to landfall
Tuesday, August 28. Via NASA: This visible true color image of
Hurricane Isaac was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA’s Aqua
satellite on Aug. 29 at 2:50 p.m. EDT after it had made its
second landfall. Via NOAA: At 1:35 p.m. CDT on August 28, 2012
the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite flew over Isaac,
capturing this image of the storm with the true color capability
of the VIIRS sensor. Wind streamlines wrapping into Isaac’s
center just after landfall Wednesday morning. Part of personal
art project created by Google scientists, TRMM satellite 3-D
view of rainfall on Aug. 28 showed a few very powerful
thunderstorms near Isaac’s eye were reaching heights of almost
10.6 miles. The Suomi-NPP satellite captu