Dean leaving Martinique

This Envisat MERIS image of Hurricane Dean was acquired on 17 August 2007 (14:15 UTC) and shows the storm leaving the Martinique and St Lucia islands where severe damages were reported. At the time of image acquisition, Dean was a Category-3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, with winds close to 180 km per hr. The MERIS image is in Reduced Resolution mode with a spatial resolution of 1200 metres.