AIRS Catches Trami (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Catches Trami

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite took this infrared image of Typhoon Trami's landfall on Aug. 21 at 1:59 p.m. EDT. It showed that the most powerful thunderstorms (purple) were tightly wrapped around the storm's center during landfall.

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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