Image: 8402 STS41B Challenger Thunderstorms over Brazil

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Description: This photograph, acquired in February 1984 by an astronaut aboard the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger, shows a series of mature thunderstorms located near the Parana River in southern Brazil. With abundant warm temperatures and moisture-laden air in this part of Brazil, large thunderstorms are commonplace. A number of overshooting tops and anvil clouds are visible at the tops of the clouds. Storms of this magnitude can drop large amounts of rainfall in a short period of time, causing flash floods.
Title: 8402 STS41B Challenger Thunderstorms over Brazil
Credit: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS41B-41-2347
Author: NASA
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