NASA's Aqua Satellite Infrared Image of Tropical Cyclone Haruna (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Aqua Satellite Infrared Image of Tropical Cyclone Haruna

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On Feb. 20 at 1111 UTC (6:11 a.m. EST/US) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Cyclone Haruna. The area of strongest thunderstorms appear in purple, where cloud top temperatures were colder than -63F (-52C), and circle the large eye (yellow).

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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