AIRS Image of Soulik (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Soulik

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On Aug. 21 at 12:00 a.m. EDT (0400 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed very strong thunderstorms (purple) as cold as or colder than minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 Celsius) surrounding Typhoon Soulik's 50 mile wide eye.

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Credits: NASA JPL, Heidar Thrastarson

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