NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed over Typhoon Saola (IMAGE)

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NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed over Typhoon Saola

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Saola on July 30 at 0517 UTC (1:17 a.m. EDT) and the AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the storm. It showed that strong, high, cold cloud tops of thunderstorms (purple) extended from the center of circulation some 300 miles from Taiwan southwest over the Philippines.

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Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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