acquired May 17, 1998
Tornado Alley
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- 1998_Birmingham_Tornado.tif (TIFF)
Metadata
- Sensor(s):
- Landsat 5 - TM
- Data Date: May 17, 1998
- Visualization Date: May 21, 2012
In this 1998 natural-color Landsat 5 image, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, is shown a month after a category F5 tornado ripped through the region, killing 32 people. A portion of the 31-mile tornado track can be seen as a light green line stretching southwest away from the city.
NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team