Infrared image of Flamboyan (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Infrared image of Flamboyan

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Cyclone Flamboyan on April 30 that showed wind shear was pushing the storms with the coldest cloud tops (purple) southeast of the center.

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NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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