Cloudsat image of Isaias (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Cloudsat image of Isaias

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On Aug. 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m. EDT (1901 UTC) NASA's CloudSat satellite provided a sideways view of Tropical Storm Isaias. CloudSat found a large area of deep convection (denoted by the red and pink colors). The shades of blue and green colors in the CloudSat imagery denote smaller particles of water/ice.

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Credit: NASA/Colorado State

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