In August 2010, Hurricane Earl formed in the Atlantic Ocean, posing a significant threat to the Caribbean islands and the eastern coast of the United States. As it progressed, Earl brought destructive winds and heavy rains to North Carolina's coast before moving north, reaching Canada's Nova Scotia.

• Image 1: Product: MERIS_FR_1P (300 metre resolution), Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometre (MERIS), Acqusition Date: 02 Sep 2010, Orbit number: 44482, Orbit Direction: Descending, Band combination: 11, 14, 3 (RGB)
• Image 2: Product: MERIS_FR_1P (300 metre resolution), Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometre (MERIS), Acqusition Date: 02 Sep 2010, Orbit number: 44482, Orbit direction: Descending, Band combination: 7, 5, 2 (RGB)
• Image 3: Product: ASA_WSM_1P (150 metre resolution), Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), Acqusition Date: 31 Aug 2010, Orbit number: 44453, Orbit direction: Descending, Band combination: Grey-scale