AIRS Image of Fantala (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Fantala

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These two false-colored infrared images of Fantala show the storm on Apr. 17 (left) and Apr. 18 (right). The purple indicates temperatures colder than -81.6 (-63.1C), which are powerful thunderstorms, high into the troposphere.

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Credits: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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