3D Image of Super Typhoon Sanba (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

3D Image of Super Typhoon Sanba

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NASA's TRMM satellite flew directly over the clear eye of Super Typhoon Sanba in the western Pacific Ocean on Sept. 14, 2012 at 1:14 a.m. EDT. TRMM revealed very heavy rain with intensities of over 80 mm (~3 inches) per hour was located in the bands spiraling around the powerful category four typhoon.

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SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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