AIRS Image of Irma (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Irma

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On Sept. 10 at 1:17 p.m. EDT (1717 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this false-colored infrared image of Hurricane Jose. Some cloud top temperatures in strong storms were as cold as minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius).

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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