Earth and Hurricane Dean - Earth and hurricane Dean - Earth image obtained by GOES...

Earth and Hurricane Dean - Earth and hurricane Dean - Earth image obtained by GOES satellites - 12 August 20, 2007. Hurricane Dean, category 5, is visible east of Mexico. This image of Hurricane Dean arriving at the Yucatan is a combination of observations from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) satellites. The clouds, including Hurricane Dean, were observed by a NOAA geostationary weather satellite (GOES - 12) at 2:45 p.m. local time in Belize (on the Yucatan Peninsula) on August 20. The land surface is a summertime image from the NASA Blue Marble image collection. Hurricane Dean fills the western Caribbean, and the outermost bands of spiraling clouds are already brushing the coasts of the Yucatan in the west and Cuba in the north