Hurricane Patricia (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Hurricane Patricia

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Hurricane Patricia was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere as it approached the west coast of Mexico in 2015. Researchers detected a reverse positron beam from a terrestrial gamma-ray flash associated with lightning in the eyewall of the hurricane.

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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response

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