Tropical Cyclone 01B off India and Sri Lanka
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Credit
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
On May 14, 2003, the MODIS instrument onboard the NASA's Terra satellite captured this bird's-eye view of Tropical Cyclone 01B in the Bay of Bengal. This satellite image reveals that the low-level circulation is fully exposed to the east of the deep convection (dense cloud).