NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed Over Hurricane Gilma (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed Over Hurricane Gilma

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Hurricane Gilma on Aug. 9 at 5:53 a.m. EDT. The AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the cloud temperatures that showed the strongest storms (purple) and heaviest rainfall was wrapped around the storm's center.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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