Satellite Image of the Day: September 14, 2004
 (click here for previous images of the day)

Satellite: NOAA-17, one of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites.
 Hurricane Ivan

Click on the images below for a higher-resolution (~200k) image of Ivan only, showing the structure even within the eye.
In the higher-resolution image of the eye, you can even see the structure of the powerful eyewall, where the strongest of the winds occur.
You can also see the classic spoke structure showing Ivan still drawing power from the warmth of the ocean.

 You can see Ivan's cumulative path from the previous few "Images of the Day".
 

Image taken yesterday afternoon, September 13
Flyover beginning 12:16pm EDT 9/13/04
In this image, Ivan looks to be trying to miss any land on his was to the US. Crossing land could deplete some of Ivan's power, so this could be a bad sign for Florida.

Image taken this afternoon, September 14
Flyover beginning 12:53pm EDT 9/13/04
Note how Ivan have managed to pass almost right through the narrow gap between the western edge of Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula.
He's doing everything he can to keep his destructive power up.