TRMM Image of Marcia (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Image of Marcia

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TRMM data showed a hot tower up to 8.6 miles (14 km) high in the northwest quadrant of the eyewall (the purple pinnacle of the outer, blue volume).

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Image Credit: NASA/JAXA, Owen Kelley

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