Tropical Storm Kai-tak in NASA 3-D (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Storm Kai-tak in NASA 3-D

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TRMM flew over Kai-tak on Aug. 13, 2012 at 4:16 p.m. EDT and TRMM's Precipitation Radar data were used in a 3-D image to show the vertical scale of the numerous powerful storms near Kai-tak's center. Some convective storms were reaching heights of about 15km (~9.3 miles).

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Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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