File:Izilda 25 March 2009 at 0715 UTC.jpg

English: Cyclone Izilda was near its peak strength when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on March 25, 2009. As far as cyclones go, the comma-shaped storm was weak, with winds estimated at 65 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour or 35 knots). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast that the storm would weaken as it moved south through the Mozambique Channel. It was not forecast to go ashore. Most of the clouds in this photo-like image are concentrated in Cyclone Izilda, leaving a relatively clear view of southern Madagascar. A line of dark green mountains runs up the eastern side of the island. To the east, the land is lush and green. Inland, to the west of the mountains, the land is drier and brown.