Polar Vortex Chilling Effects Spied by Heat-Seeking Satellite Cam | Time-Lapse Animation

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

The weather phenomenon that brought frigid temperatures  – minus 18°F in some places – to the United States in the first week of 2014 was probed by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft.

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