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NASA AIRS Infrared Image Peers into Trop. Storm Malakas

Caption: This infrared image of Malakas' cloud temperatures was captured on Sept. 23 at 0405 UTC (12:05 a.m. EDT) by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. The image shows a very large area of highest, coldest cloud tops (colder than -63 Fahrenheit) throughout Tropical Storm Malakas (in purple).

Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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