NASA Satellite Gets 2 Tropical Cyclones in 1 Shot (IMAGE)

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NASA Satellite Gets 2 Tropical Cyclones in 1 Shot

Caption

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of 2 tropical cyclones from the AIRS instrument on June 22 at 17:53 UTC 1:53 p.m. EDT. The heaviest rainfall and strongest convection from Tropical Storm Meari (right) is currently over the Philippine Sea. The strongest thunderstorms (purple) in Haima (left) are mostly over the South China Sea and Hainan Island, China.

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Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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