AIRS Image of Lee (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Lee

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On Sept. 25 at 1:35 a.m. EDT (0535 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed strong thunderstorms (purple) as cold as or colder than minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 Celsius) circling Hurricane Lee.

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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