NASA Infrared View at Super Typhoon Songda's 14-mile-wide Eye (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Infrared View at Super Typhoon Songda's 14-mile-wide Eye

Caption

This infrared image of Super Typhoon Songda was captured by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on May 27, 2011, at 5:05 UTC (1:05 a.m. EDT). At this time, Songda was a Category 4 storm. The purple areas indicate very strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and there is a large area of them that surround the visible eye. Taiwan is northwest of the storm.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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