The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (also known as “Qendresa”) near Sicily around 02:43 CET (01:43 UTC) on 8 November 2014.
VIIRS DNB image captured by NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite, converted by “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bbs.typhoon.gov.cn/index.php?m=space&amp;uid=59340">Nasdaq</a>” and optimised by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Meow" title="User:Meow">Meow</a>
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