AIRS Sees Hurricane Manuel (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Sees Hurricane Manuel

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On Sept. 19 at 5:11 a.m. EDT, the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Hurricane Manuel's very cold (purple) cloud tops and powerful thunderstorms.

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Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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