AIRS Image of Haiyan (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Haiyan

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared, false-colored image of Super-Typhoon Haiyan exiting the western Philippines on Nov. 8 at 04:59 UTC. Purple indicates coldest, most powerful thunderstorms with heavy rainfall potential.

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Image Credit: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

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