GPM Image of Nangka (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Nangka

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NASA/JAXA's GPM satellite passed above Typhoon Nangka on July 15 at 12:21 p.m. EDT and saw the highest thunderstorm tops in the western eye wall were about 12 km (7.4 miles) high.

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NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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