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The Anatomy of a Thunderstorm

Researchers fly to the heart of a thunderstorm to find out what happens when a storm lofts surface pollutants high into the atmosphere.


Photograph courtesy of the DC3 team. NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon using data provided by the GOES team. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published May 26, 2012
Data acquired May 19, 2012

Sources:
GOES
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