Wide-Eyed Super Typhoon Jelawat (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Wide-Eyed Super Typhoon Jelawat

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This infrared image was created from AIRS data of Super Typhoon Jelawat on Sept. 27 at 0459 UTC as the storm moves away from the northern Philippines. A thick area of strong thunderstorms with very cold cloud top temperatures appear in purple surrounding at 36 nautical-mile wide eye.

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Credit: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

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