Infrared Imagery of Tropical Storm Sandy (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Infrared Imagery of Tropical Storm Sandy

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared imagery of Tropical Storm Sandy on Oct. 23 at 2:47 p.m. EDT that showed the strongest thunderstorms (purple) surrounded the center of circulation. Those thunderstorms are reaching high into the troposphere where cloud top temperatures are as cold as -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius).

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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