NASA AIRS Infrared Image of Severe Storms in Northwest Georgia (IMAGE)

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NASA AIRS Infrared Image of Severe Storms in Northwest Georgia

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared imagery when it flew over severe thunderstorms in northwestern Georgia on May 27, 2011, at 07:17 UTC (3:17 a.m. EDT). AIRS data measured the cloud top temperatures to be as cold as or colder than -63 Fahrenheit/-52 Celsius (purple).

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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