NASA sees one of Cyclone Laila's thunderstorms almost 11 miles high
Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
A NASA 3-D look inside Cyclone Laila as it made landfall yesterday revealed a towering thunderstorm reaching almost 11 miles high! NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has been capturing images of Cyclone Laila since it was born in the Northern Indian Ocean as tropical depression 1A earlier this week.