Hot Towers Video of Frank (video)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Caption

"Hot towers" (orange) were visible in this animated flyby of data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. On July 21, the GPM Core satellite measured rainfall rates of over 184 mm (7.2 inches) per hour in cloud heights over 16 km (9.9 miles).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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