Ask NASA Climate | October 21, 2010, 17:00 PDT

Tropical Storm Danielle

If you were a space traveler ...

Astronaut photograph ISS024-E-12954, taken August 30, 2010.

Astronaut photograph ISS024-E-12954, taken August 30, 2010. Larger version available here.

From Robert Simmon, NASA Earth Observatory

... this is one of the views you might glimpse. Strong convection created these “hot towers” near the eye of Tropical Storm Danielle.

Cross-posted from the Earth Observatory's blog, Elegant Figures. Robert is a visualizer for the Earth Observatory.