A NASA Infrared Look at Ida's Thunderstorms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A NASA Infrared Look at Ida's Thunderstorms

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NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Hurricane Ida's cold thunderstorm cloud tops on November 8 at 1:30 a.m. ET. Ida had some strong convective activity in her center as indicated by high thunderstorms (in purple) that were as cold as -63F.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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