Aqua image of Douglas (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua image of Douglas

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On July 24 at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Hurricane Douglas' cloud tops. MODIS found the most powerful thunderstorms (red) were in the eyewall, where temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 Celsius).

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