CloudSat's Side View of Typhoon Morakot (IMAGE) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Caption NASA's CloudSat captured a side view of Morakot on Aug. 7 and found Morakot's clouds are over 17 km (10 miles) high! Credit NASA/JPL/CSU/NRL-Monterey Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.