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Cyclone Wilma's eye catches attention of NASA satellites

Wilma caught the eye of NASA. NASA's Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared images of Cyclone Wilma in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean and her eye was clearly visible from space.

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created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Space image: Jupiter-Io montage

(PhysOrg.com) -- This montage of New Horizons images shows Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, and were taken during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hurricane Igor, unchained, in NASA satellite images

While its intensity has dropped slightly, massive Hurricane Igor remains a powerful Category Three storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 105 knots (115 miles per hour) as it continues on a projected ...

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created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NASA Aqua Satellite sees powerful Cyclone Yasi make landfall in Queensland, Australia

NASA's Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared imagery of powerful Cyclone Yasi as it was making landfall in Queensland. The center of the monster cyclone Yasi made landfall on Australia's northeastern ...

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created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A double-satellite NASA-style view of the first tropical storm in eastern Pacific: Adrian

The first tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is now the first tropical storm, and two satellites are providing NASA insights into its thunderstorms, rainfall, and intensity. NASA satellite data ...

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created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's Aqua Satellite sees tropical potential in system 94P

The last thing that Queensland, Australia needs is more rainfall after the record-breaking flooding that has been occurring there in the last two months. Now, NASA's Aqua satellite has noticed a low pressure ...

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created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's infrared satellite data shows warming cloud tops in Tropical Storm Bret

Tropical Storm Bret's cloud tops are getting warmer on NASA infrared satellite imagery. That's an indication that the cloud top heights are dropping and Bret is weakening.

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created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA sees power within hurricane Maria as it heads for a landfall in Newfoundland

Hurricane Maria joins twelve other hurricanes on record to make landfall in Newfoundland, Canada, and NASA satellite imagery revealed its inner strength.

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aqua satellite sees weaker Tropical Depression Errol crossing West Timor

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Errol's warming cloud temperatures as it was crossing the southern tip of West Timor today.

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created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellite sees tropical cyclone Irina headed for Mozambique

Visible and Infrared satellite imagery together provide a clearer picture of what a tropical cyclone is doing. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over newly strengthened Cyclone Irene and captured both types of ...

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0