Color Satellite Images Of STY Tip

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Color Satellite Images Of STY Tip

#1 Postby Ptarmigan » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:49 pm

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Re: Color Satellite Images Of STY Tip

#2 Postby somethingfunny » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:05 am

Beautiful, frightening images! But I wish there were landmasses in the shot to compare Tip to.
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#3 Postby Just Joshing You » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:23 am

somethingfunny wrote:Beautiful, frightening images! But I wish there were landmasses in the shot to compare Tip to.


There is; All of Asia is that little bit of land to the left. You can just barely make it out.
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Re: Color Satellite Images Of STY Tip

#4 Postby Category 5 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:08 pm

The wonders of technology.

I hope they do this to more.
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#5 Postby Cookie » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:05 pm

which hurricane is this?
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#6 Postby Just Joshing You » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:22 pm

Cookie wrote:which hurricane is this?


This is not a Hurricane. It is however a Super Typhoon. Super Typhoon Tip, currently the strongest storm of Tropical origins ever recorded. Also the largest.

There are however, a few storms that are estimated to be stronger, specifically Gay and Angela.
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#7 Postby Squarethecircle » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:15 pm

That eye in the first picture is disturbingly perfect.
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#8 Postby Cookie » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:50 pm

Just Joshing You wrote:
Cookie wrote:which hurricane is this?


This is not a Hurricane. It is however a Super Typhoon. Super Typhoon Tip, currently the strongest storm of Tropical origins ever recorded. Also the largest.

There are however, a few storms that are estimated to be stronger, specifically Gay and Angela.


sorry thanks for explaining though :)
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Re: Color Satellite Images Of STY Tip

#9 Postby tolakram » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:37 pm

Here's the wikipedia article with some size comparisons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip
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