AIRS Image of Rachel (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Rachel

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the large Tropical Storm Rachel on Sept. 25 at 4:41 p.m. EDT and saw colder cloud tops (purple) indicating thunderstorm heights were increasing and it was strengthening.

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Image Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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