NASA's CloudSat Satellite Captured a Side Look at Nida (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's CloudSat Satellite Captured a Side Look at Nida

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NASA's CloudSat satellite captured a side look at Nida on Nov. 30, and saw cloud tops dropped to near 8 miles high. There were still some areas of cloud ice (blue top), but the areas of heavy precipitation have diminished (blue areas at the bottom).

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NASA/JPL/Colorado State Univ./NRL-Monterey

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