NASA's Infrared Image of Tropical Cyclone Joalane (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Infrared Image of Tropical Cyclone Joalane

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On April 9, the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite saw cloud top temperatures as cold as 210 kelvin/-63.1F/-81.6C (purple) in powerful thunderstorms circling Joalane's center.

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NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

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