AIRS Image of Ignacio (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Ignacio

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This false-colored infrared image from Aug. 30 at 22:47 UTC (6:47 p.m. EDT) shows there were high, cold, strong thunderstorms (purple) with cloud top temperatures in excess of -63F/-53C around the center of Hurricane Ignacio.

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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