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NASA's Aqua Satellite Infrared Image of Tropical Cyclone Haruna

Caption: 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).

Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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