NASA AIRS Infrared Image of Hurricane Julia's Cold T-storm Tops (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA AIRS Infrared Image of Hurricane Julia's Cold T-storm Tops

Caption

This infrared image of Julia was captured by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 15 at 0353 UTC (Sept. 14 at 11:53 p.m. EDT) and doesn't show an eye, which developed later. It does show very strong thunderstorms (purple) around Julia's center where cloud heights were as cold as -63 degrees Fahrenheit and heavy rain was falling.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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