Tropical Storm Haruna on Feb. 18-19 from NASA's AIRS Instrument (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Storm Haruna on Feb. 18-19 from NASA's AIRS Instrument

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On Feb. 18-19 the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured these infrared images of the development of Tropical Storm Haruna. The area of strongest thunderstorms appear in purple, where cloud top temperatures were colder than -63F (-52C). The image on Feb. 19 shows that the band of thunderstorms east of the center became fragmented.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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