GPM 3-D Omage of Maria (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM 3-D Omage of Maria

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On Sept. 18, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite saw an impressively tall cell of precipitation in Hurricane Maria that stretched into the lower stratosphere at 16.75 km altitude.

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Credits: NASA / JAXA, Owen Kelley

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