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Three Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.
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Three Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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There are three low pressure systems around the U.S. and they resemble dragons on satellite imagery. NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite image from March 31 shows the low pressure systems in the eastern Pacific Ocean, over the nation's Heartland, and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. All three lows have the signature comma shape that make them appear to be curled up dragons. According to the National Weather Service, the low pressure area approaching the northwestern U.S.

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Credit lineThree Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001157.

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