AIRS Image of Bertha (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Bertha

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This false-colored infrared image from NASA's Aqua satellite shows powerful thunderstorms (purple) around Bertha's center on Aug. 4 at 1:47 p.m. EDT, just after it became a hurricane.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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