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TRMM SEES TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS
The image above is a view from the TRMM satellite of the tornado which hit Greensburg, Kansas causing ten deaths on friday evening 4 May 2007. The very low sun angle casts extremely long shadows from towering tornadic thunderstorm clouds. Visible and infrared data from the TRMM satellite captured at 0058 UTC 5 May (about 7:58 PM Friday night) were used to make the image.

Image and caption by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC).

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Curator: Harold.F.Pierce@nasa.gov
NASA Official: Dr Scott A. Braun
Last Updated: Tuesday May 8, 2007

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