NASA TRMM Satellite's 3-D Look at Vania (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA TRMM Satellite's 3-D Look at Vania

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TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) data was used to make a 3-D image that showed Vania had some thunderstorms that reached to heights of about 15 kilometers (~9.3 miles).

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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