Satellite Imagery: Super Typhoon Hagibis captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3

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Typhoon Hagibis is headed towards Japan’s main island of Honshu, where it is expected to make landfall over the weekend. Japan is bracing for potential damage from strong winds and torrential rain.

This enormous typhoon, which is being compared to a Category 5 hurricane, can be seen in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 10 October at 01:00 GMT (10:00 Japan Standard Time). The eye of the storm has a diameter of approximately 60 km.

photo:Copernicus/ESA;desc:Super Typhoon Hagibis on 10 October at 1 a.m. GMT (10 a.m. JST). Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA

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