NASA's AIRS Instrument Sees Vamco's Huge Eye (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's AIRS Instrument Sees Vamco's Huge Eye

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Aqua's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured Vamco's frigid cloud temperatures at the same time. The image revealed Vamco's huge eye 45 miles in diameter, and indicated Vamco's high thunderstorm cloud temperatures were colder than minus 63 Fahrenheit.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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