AIRS Image of Kai-Tak (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Kai-Tak

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Kai-Tak on Dec. 20 at 12:59 a.m. EST (0559 UTC). Coldest cloud tops and strongest storms appear in purple.

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NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

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