Tropical Cyclone Pam gives NASA an eye-opening view
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 13:50
in Earth & Climate
NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Pam as it continued intensifying in the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of the storm's 20 nautical mile-wide, cloud-filled eye. Pam is a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale and is strengthening.